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Brown v. Board of Education
Desegregation of schools. Parents of students with disabilities were able to argue their students were not receiving an adequate education as well. -
Segregation of Special Education Students
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SWDs are mainstreamed with students without disabilities
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Regular Education Initiative (REI)
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Reauthorization of IDEA
Extended services to infants, toddlers, and preschool aged children. -
NCLB of 2001
Under the No Child Left Behind legislation students with mild disabilities are required to be taught and tested under based on the state standards and curriculum. -
IDEA Improvement Act of 2004
More SWDs are educated with their non-disabled peers.