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Brown vs Board of Education
Brown v Board of Education ruled that the segregation of students in schools unconstitutional. -
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Special Education Overview 1954-Present
This timeline represents 10 events that have helped shape special education into what it is today. -
Mills v. Board of Education of District of Columbia.
This case involved the practice of suspending, expelling and excluding children with disabilities from the District of Columbia public schools. The school district’s primary defense in Mills was the high cost of educating children with disabilities. -
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
This act guaranteed civil rights to all disabled people and required accommodation for disabled students in school. -
FERPA Act of 1974
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, commonly referred to as FERPA or the Buckley amendment, is a federal law designed to protect the privacy of a student’s educational record. -
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975
This act required all public schools accepting federal funds to provide equal access to education for children with physical and mental disabilities. Public schools were required to evaluate children with disabilities and create an educational plan with parent input that would emulate as closely as possible the education of non-disabled students. -
EHA reuthorized and became IDEA
In 1990, the United States Congress reauthorized EHA and changed the title to IDEA (Public Law No. 94-142). Overall, the goal of IDEA is to provide children with disabilities the same opportunity for education as those students who do not have a disability. -
The Americans with Disabilities Act
The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public. -
IDEA- Individuals with Disabilties Education Act Reauthorized
The EHA became known as the IDEA. IDEA emphasized the use of IEPs for all special education students. IDEA also initiated the use of individualized transition plans (ITP) in order to best prepare students for life after education. -
No Child Left Behind Act
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to revise, reauthorize, and consolidate various programs. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004
This law promotes accountability for results, enhances parent involvement, uses proven practices and materials, provides more flexibility, and reduces paperwork burdens for teachers, states and local school districts.
