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Brown V. Board of Education Topeka, Kansas
Supreme Court ruled separate schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. (www.history.com.topics/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka) -
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Special Education Timeline
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Mills V. Board of Education of District of Columbia
Denied children education due to their mental or behavior disabilities. (www.study.com/lesson/mills-v-board-of-education-of-district-of-columbia) -
PARC V. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
the first right to education suit in the country. State agreed to provide a free public education for children with mental retardation. (www.pubintlaw.org/parc-v-commonwealth-of-pennsyulvania) -
504 Rehabilitation Act of 1973
"No otherwise qualified handicapped individual in U.S shall soley on basis of handicap, be excluded from participation, be denied benefits, or subject to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance." (www.dredf.org) -
Public Law No: 94-142
"to assure that all children with disabilities have available to them....free appropriate public education which emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs." (www.2.ed.gov/about/list/assess/idea35/history -
Hendrick Hudson District Board of Education V. Rowley
The education of handicapped act, provides federal money to assist state and local agencies in educating handicapped children. Amy Rowley deaf student.(www.britannica.com) -
IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Replaced the Education of the Handicapped Act. States that children with disabilities are entitled to free appropriate public education. Each child planned and monitored with individualized education program or individualized family service plan. (www.education.com/reference/article/individualized-disabilities-education-act) -
The American with Disabilities Act 1990
Nations first comprehensive civil rights law addressing the needs of people with disabilities, prohibiting discrimination in employment, public services, public accommodation, and telecommunication. (www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/history/35th/1990s/ada.html -
No Child Left Behind
Under the law states are required to test students in reading and math in grades 3-8 and once in high school. All students are expected to meet or exceed state standards in reading and math by 2014. (www.k12.wa.us/esea/NCLB.aspx) -
IDEA Improvement Act of 2004
IDEA changes alignment with No Child Left Behind Act.
Highly qualified teach: All special education teachers are to be certified in special education.
Individualized education program (IEP) must contain annual goals that are measurable along with description of how the child's progress toward meeting those goals will be measured and reported. (www.education.com/reference/article/individuals-disabilities-education-act)
