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Brown v. Board of Education
The Supreme Court issued Civil Rights landmarks in Public Schools for individuals with color. They felt schools who were segregated violated the 14th Amendment and was unconstitutional. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
Congress enacted to address inequalities of educational opportunities for children with disabilities. The legislation provided resources to help ensure disadvantage students had access to equal education. -
Initiated grants for ESEA
Congress amended the ESEA to provide grant programs to help ensure the children get the proper education with expansion and improvement for disability children. -
The Education of the Handicapped Act was created
The program was replaced by the Education of the Handicapped Act. The programs did not provide any specific mandates on the funds. They also felt the programs were not get any good feedback and improvement on the children with disabilities. -
Congressional Investigation of 1972
After congress initiated the Education of the Handicapped Act, they began an investigation to the status of children with disabilities. They found out millions were not receiving the appropriate education that they hoped for. -
Education of the Handicapped Act of Amendments
Congress enacted the act (PL99-457) when President Ronald Reagan signed the law that initiated special education for preschoolers with disabilities. It also provided incentives for early intervention services for infants and toddlers. -
The Americans with Disability Act
The public law (101-476) called for significant changes to Public Law (94-142) that mandated student transition plan, or ITP must be developed to help students transition to post secondary life. The act also added Autism and Traumatic Brain Injury as a new disability category. -
The Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA)
The Education for All Handicapped Childrens Act was changed and created to The Individuals with Disabilities Act. This act provides students with access to the same curriculum. -
Improving on the IDEA Act
Congress amended IDEA to improve educational outcomes and raised the stantards for instructors who teach Special Education classes. It also required states of local schools to fund 15% of their special education towards general education. -
No child Left Behind
Congress had initiated a law that required that all students including children with disabilities should be able to read and do math by the year 2014.
