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Brown vs. Board of Educations
Supreme Court rules that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. -
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
Provided state federal money to states in order to improve opportunities for disabled or disadvantaged students -
Education of the Handicapped Act
It provided state grants to help expand education programs for students with disabilities. -
Diana v. State Board of Education
Helped fix misclassification of students in special education -
PARC v. Commonwealth of PA
Required schools to provide a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) -
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
Prohibited discrimination against those with disabilities in programs that received federal funding. -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975
Federal funding was provided to those who promised to education students with disabilities and it also started requiring schools to develop an Individualized Education Plan (IEP.) -
Armstrong v. Kline
ESY is available to children with disabilities. -
Timothy W v. Rochester School District
Schools could not deny a child special education services, no matter how severe their disabilities are. -
Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1990
This added traumatic brain injury and autism as new categories of disability as well as transition element for students age 16 or older was added.
