Special Education

By sherndon

  • IDEA 1975

    The creation and implementation of IDEA, Public Law No. 94-142, happened in 1975. This act ensures education and related services to all children, including ones with disabilities Skiba, Russell J., Simmons, Ada B., Ritter, Shana; Gibb, Ashley C., Rausch, M. Karega, Cuadrado, Jason, Choong-Geun Chung. (Spring 2008). Achieving Equity in Special Education: History, Status, and Current Challenges. Exceptional Children (Vol. 74 Issue 3, p264-288. 25p.)

  • Reauthorization of IDEA

    The reauthorization of the 1975's IDEA, emphasizes the inequality and concerns of minority children with disabilities. They were trying to solve was the high dropout rates and the mislabeling of minority children. Skiba, Russell J., Simmons, Ada B., Ritter, Shana; Gibb, Ashley C., Rausch, M. Karega, Cuadrado, Jason, Choong-Geun Chung. (Spring 2008). Achieving Equity in Special Education: History, Status, and Current Challenges. Exceptional Children (Vol. 74 Issue 3, p264-288. 25p.)

  • IDEA 2004

    The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, Public Law No. 108-446, was created to advance and update the original IDEA of 1975.

  • DOE issued regulations

    The DOE issued regulations that requested revisions to the existing acts regarding special education. This specific revision worked to allow school systems the authority to access medicaid, with the parents approval. Wright, P. W. (2020). Wrightslaw. Retrieved July 18, 2020, from https://www.wrightslaw.com/

  • Final Regulations

    The U.S. Department of Education issued Final Regulations that established a statewide standard for approaching and determining disproportionally based on race or ethnicity. Wright, P. W. (2020). Wrightslaw. Retrieved July 18, 2020, from https://www.wrightslaw.com/

  • Rosa's Law

    The U.S. Department of Education Final Regulations approved "Rosa's Law" that changed references in federal laws from "mental retardation" to "intellectual disabilities". I was aware of this law because Rosa and her siblings went to my high school. Wright, P. W. (2020). Wrightslaw. Retrieved July 18, 2020, from https://www.wrightslaw.com/