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-Supreme court decides that segregation in state funded schools is unlawful
-Started the movement of equality in education -
-Provided state government money to states to improve opportunities for disadvantaged students (including students with disabilities)
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-Helped fix misclassification of students in special education
-Intelligence level tests were not biased and were given in the language proper for the student -
-Gave states grants to help expand programs for students with disabilities
-Federal government cash was given to schools to help train special education teachers better -
-Unconstitutional to deny students with disabilities an education
-Schools were required to provide a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) -
-Forbid discrimination against those with handicaps in programs funded by the government
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-Government financing was given to individuals who promised to educate students with disabilities
-Started requiring schools to build an Individual Education Plan (IEP) -
-Traumatic brain injury and autism was added as new categories of disability
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-Started holding the government accountable for the gains for students academically
-Standardized testing started -
-Ruled in favor a higher standard of education for students with disabilities
