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Brown vs Board
landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that American state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
was passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 11, 1965. Part of Johnson's "War on Poverty," the act has been the most far-reaching federal legislation affecting education ever passed by the United States Congress -
Education of the handicapped act of 1970
In 1970, Congress enacted the Education of the Handicapped Act (P.L. 91-230) in an effort to encourage states to develop educational programs for individuals with disabilities -
Diana v State Board of Education
The court ruled that using test scores to group students into "tracks" was unconstitutional because it discriminated against blacks and the poor. -
Parc v commonwealth of PA
the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children (PARC) sued the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for a state law that allowed public schools to deny education to certain children, namely those who had not “attained a mental age of 5 years -
Mills v Board of Education
In 1971 several school aged children, by and through their parents, filed a lawsuit against the Board of Education of the District of Columbia ("DC Board of Ed") in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. -
Education Amendments
It is best known for its Title IX, which prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex in educational institutions receiving federal aid -
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
is American legislation that guarantees certain rights to people with disabilities. It was one of the first U.S. federal civil rights laws offering protection for people with disabilities. -
Education for All handicapped children Act
This act required all public schools accepting federal funds to provide equal access to education for children with physical and mental disabilities. -
Armstrong v Kline
Court found that the Commonwealth's 180 day rule violated the class's and named plaintiffs' right to a free appropriate public education under the Act.
