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Brown v Board of Education
US Supreme Court ruled that segregation of children due to race and color was deemed unconstitutional. -
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
Equal access to education excluding poverty status. -
(PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Students with disabilities had the right to placed in public schools that met their individual educational needs, determined by evaluation processes. -
Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia
Students could be classified as “exceptional” learners. -
Congressional Investigation of 1972
Congress launched an investigation to determine how many children with special education needs were not receiving adequate special education services. -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Law requiring all states to accept money from the federal government to provide equal education for children with disabilities including free school lunch. -
Public Law 99-457
Some states were required to provide special education services to families of children born with disabilities from the time they are born. -
Handicapped Children’s Protection Act,
Law permitting parents of children with disabilities to input knowledge when implementing their child’s Individual Education Plan. -
Public Law 101-476
Traumatic brain injury and autism were added as new disability categories. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Several important amendments providing students with access to the same curriculum and states were given the authority move the age of a child diagnosed with“developmental delay” to ages 6-9 years old. -
Congress amended IDEA
Early intervention for students with special education needs, high standards of teachers, and allocate funds from special education to general education.
