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Brown v. Board of Education
This case challenged the separate but equal law. The supreme court ruled that it was unconstitutional to separate students based on race, and paved a future for students with disabilities.
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P.A.R.C. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
This case was over the law that gave public schools the authority to deny a free education to children who had reached the age of 8 but had not reached the mental age of 5. The judges ruled the law was unconstitutional. They was also stated that Pennsylvania was responsible for providing free public education to all children and that meant that no child, regardless of their disability could be turned away from public school programs.
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Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
This is the civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against those with disabilities. This act ensures that children with disabilities have equal access to education.
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Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
This act gives parents access to their child's education records, an opportunity to have the records amended, and some control over the privacy of their records.
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Education for All Handicapped Children Act
This act provided equal opportunities for children with disabilities. Some of the major goals were:
1. Ensure that special education services are available to children who need them
2. Guarantee that decisions about services to disabled students are fair and appropriate
3. Establish specific management and auditing requirements for special education
4. To provide federal funds to help the states educate disabled students
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American with Disabilities Act
This is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against those with a disability to ensure everyone has the same rights and opportunities.
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No Child Left Behind Act
This law set specific standards for federally assisted programs ensuring that children with disabilities receive good quality education. This also ensures that adaptations and accommodations be made for children with disabilities so no child gets left behind. (Signed into law in 2002)
https://www2.ed.gov/policy/speced/leg/nclb-dis.html -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
IDEA was previously known as the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. The overall goal of this new act was to provide children with disabilities the same opportunity for education as those who do not have a disability.
https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/your-childs-rights/basics-about-childs-rights/individuals-with-disabilities-education-act-idea-what-you-need-to-know -
Forest Grove School District v. T.A
Is a case that the Supreme Court authorized reimbursement for private special education services when a public school fails to provide a free appropriate public education and the private school placement is appropriate, regardless of whether the child previously received special education services through the public school.
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Rosa's Law
This law removed mental retardation and mentally retarded from federal health, labor policy, and education and replaced it with individual with an intellectual disability and intellectual disability.
https://www.specialolympics.org/Regions/north-america/News-and-Stories/Stories/Rosa-s-Law.aspx
