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Special Education Law
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Title VI - Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Equal access to education is NOT a mandate for those students with a disability, but created a bureau of eduaction for the handicapped (now known as OSEP) and is the first step of many to come -
PARC vs. Pennsylvania
The courts take a stance in which students with disabilities have a right to equal access to the same education as that of their non-disabled peers. -
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504)
A national law that protects qualified individuals from discrimination based on their disability. This met with little fanfare and most educators are unaware of its existence. -
FERPA (Family Education Rights and Privacy Act)
This law allows parents are to have access to all personally identifiable information that is either collected, maintained, or used by a school district regarding their child. -
EAHCH-- (P.L. 94-142)
Originally known as EAHCA (Education for All Handicapped Children Act). Later to be known as IDEA or P.L. 94-142. Mandates that all school districts educate students with disabilities. Prior to this law, no mandates were in place. -
Ammendment to EAHCA
The Handicapped Children's Protection Act is added.
This amendment makes it clear that parents and students have rights under Section 504 and EAHCA -
ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) is enacted
As part of its statutes, the ADA adopts section 504. This results in the increase in 504 plans in schools -
IDEA revised
Amendments to this law require all students with disabilities to participate in state and district wide assessment.
Ammendment also requires that a general education teacher be a part of the IEP team. -
NCLB (No Child Left Behind)
This law requires ALL students (including those with a disability) to be proficient in math and reading by 2014. -
Reauthorization of IDEA
Several changes from the 1997 reauthorization.
-Namely more accountability in the form of data collection
-School districts are now required to provide instruction and
intervention to keep students from requiring special education
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Rosa's Law
Signed by President Obama, this law requires that the use of the word "retarded" is replaced with the term intellectual disability.
