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National Defense Education Act
This law provided grants to improve science and math teaching in elementary schools. Four days after President Dwight Eisenhower signed the law, he signed Public Law 85–926 that provided financial support to colleges and universities to train leadership personnel in teaching children with disabilities. http://www.futureofchildren.org/publications/docs/06_01_01.pdf -
National Defense Education Act Expansion
Congress expanded Public Law 85–926 that include grants to train college teachers and researchers in a broader realm of disabilities. http://www.futureofchildren.org/publications/docs/06_01_01.pdf -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
The first major federal effort to subsidize direct services to selected
populations in public elementary and secondary schools, and it remains the primary vehicle for federal support of public schools today. Public Law 89-313 provided students with disabilities in state-funded and state-supported schools to be counted for entitlement purposes and Title 1 funds. -
Bureau for the Education of the Handicapped- Title VI
Congress mandated a Bureau for the Education of the Handicapped under Title VI of the ESEA, which also provided grants to states to initiate, expand, or improve programs for educating children with disabilities. This program is popularly known as the "education for the handicapped act." -
Education of the Handicapped Act
Ensures that all children with disabilities in public schools will get one free meal each school day and will have access to an education. www.specialednews.com/special-education-dictionary/eha---education-for-all-handicapped-children-act.htm -
Head Start Act
Legislation effective in 1982 required that 10% of each Head Start program’s enrollment be available to children with disabilities, without requiring these children to meet other Head Start eligibility criteria. http://www.futureofchildren.org/publications/docs/06_01_01.pdf -
IDEA
Requires every state to have in effect policies and procedures to ensure FAPE for all students with disabilities. www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oii/nonpublic/idea1.html -
IDEA 2004
Ensures services to children with disabilities throughout the nation. It governs how states provide early intervention, special education and related services. www.idea.ed.gov
