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Special Education Law Timeline

  • Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas

    Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
    Segregation of students by race ruled unconstitutional.
    Gargiulo, R. M., & Bouck, E. C. (2021). Special Education in Contemporary Society (Seventh ed.). Los Angeles: SAGE Productions, Inc.
  • IDEA PL 94-142

    IDEA PL 94-142
    Signed by President Gerald Ford "...assures that all handicapped children have available to them... a free appropriate publics education..."
    Gargiulo, R. M., & Bouck, E. C. (2021). Special Education in Contemporary Society (Seventh ed.). Los Angeles: SAGE Productions, Inc.
  • PL 99-457

    PL 99-457
    "Mandated services for preschoolers with disabilities."
    Gargiulo, R. M., & Bouck, E. C. (2021). Special Education in Contemporary Society (Seventh ed.). Los Angeles: SAGE Productions, Inc.
  • PL 101-476

    PL 101-476
    "Autism and traumatic brain injury identified as discreate disability categories."
    Gargiulo, R. M., & Bouck, E. C. (2021). Special Education in Contemporary Society (Seventh ed.). Los Angeles: SAGE Productions, Inc.
  • Oberti vs. Board of Education of the Borough of Clementon School District

    Oberti vs. Board of Education of the Borough of Clementon School District
    "Placement in a general education classroom with supplementary aids and services must be offered to students with disabilities"
    Gargiulo, R. M., & Bouck, E. C. (2021). Special Education in Contemporary Society (Seventh ed.). Los Angeles: SAGE Productions, Inc.
  • Goals 2000: Educate America

    Goals 2000: Educate America
    PL 103-227 Act signed by President Bill Clinton.
    Gargiulo, R. M., & Bouck, E. C. (2021). Special Education in Contemporary Society (Seventh ed.). Los Angeles: SAGE Productions, Inc.
  • PL 105-17

    PL 105-17
    "Students with disabilities are required to participate in state- and districtwide assessments."
    Gargiulo, R. M., & Bouck, E. C. (2021). Special Education in Contemporary Society (Seventh ed.). Los Angeles: SAGE Productions, Inc.
  • No Child Left Behind

    No Child Left Behind
    PL 107-110 "George W. Bush's commitment to education reform..."
    Gargiulo, R. M., & Bouck, E. C. (2021). Special Education in Contemporary Society (Seventh ed.). Los Angeles: SAGE Productions, Inc.
  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act

    Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
    PL 108-446 IDEA 2004 signed by President George W. Bush
    Gargiulo, R. M., & Bouck, E. C. (2021). Special Education in Contemporary Society (Seventh ed.). Los Angeles: SAGE Productions, Inc.
  • Every Student Succeeds Act

    Every Student Succeeds Act
    Signed by President Barack Obama PL 114-95 "...to preserve the spirit and intend of No Child Left Behind Act..." Gargiulo, R. M., & Bouck, E. C. (2021). Special Education in Contemporary Society (Seventh ed.). Los Angeles: SAGE Productions, Inc.