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U.S Supreme Court
hands down decision in Brown V. Board of Education. Education professionals started questioning whether separate classes provided students with disabilities with an appropriate education. -
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Special Education Law
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Samuel A. Kirk
introduces the term Learning Disabilities. -
Title VI
Congress provides funding to disseminate best practices for Special Education by adding Title VI to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
P.L 94-142, amendments to the 1974 Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA), is enacted. -
Tech Act
The Technology- Related Assistance to Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988, often called the Tech Act, grants federal funds to the states so they can help create statewide systems for delivering assistive technology devices and services to people with disabilities including students with disabilities. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
is enacted; EAHCA is amended and renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) -
IDEA is Amended
Adding provisions related to transition services, participation by general education teachers, and discipline. -
No Child Left Behind Act
increases accountability for outcomes for all students and requires that they are taught by highly qualified teachers. -
Re-authorization of IDEA
raises standards for quality instruction for students with disabilities, elaborates on parent involvement and discipline and defines highly qualified for special education teachers. -
Every Student Succeeds Act
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is passed in December 2015. This education law replaces No Child Left Behind Act. ESSA gives more control to the states. ESSA also mandates for most students with disabilities be required to take the same assessments and will be held to the same standards. ESSA only allows one percent to be excused for the usual standardized testing.
