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COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE
Laws that were crafted by each state to require school attendance for children. -
THE EXCLUSION OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a child who is "weak in mind" and could not benefit from instruction, was troublesome to other children, and was unable to take "ordinary, decent, physical care of himself"could be expelled from public school (Watson v. City of Cambridge, 1893). -
The White House Conference
In 1910 the white house conference set goals to define and establish remedial programs for children with disabilities or special needs. -
The Organization of Advocacy Groups
In 1933 an advocacy group of parents was created because the deplorable conditions that their children with special needs had to endure in school, as well as the increasing exclusion of children with disabilities from school -
Brown v. Board of Education
The case of Brown V. board of education it was declared that it was unconstitutional to segregate students by race in school. This would later help stop discrimination of disabled students by the board of education. -
Mills v. Board of Education
This case made it so the school board that mandated that the board provide all children with disabilities a publicly supported education. It also ordered the District to provide due process safeguards. -
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens v. Pennsylvania
In this case the court made it so that all children with mental retardation between the ages of 6 and 21 years must be provided a free public education and that it was most desirable to educate children with mental retardation in a program most like the programs provided for their non disabled peers. -
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
This act is a civil rights law the prohibits discrimination because of a disability in schools. -
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA)
This act required schools that are receiving federal funding must follow certain actions. They would have to provide equal access to education and one free meal a day. They would also have to create an educational plan with parent input specifically for students with disabilities. -
PARENTAL ADVOCACY
In 1993 parents got together to help bring light to the fact that children with disabilities were being treated unfairly in school compared to students without disabilities. These advocates would use the outcome of the Brown case to show how similar theses situations were.
