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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Supports initiatives to help low income families access high quality education programs. Includes free and reduced lunches, extra teachers for resources. -
Vocational Rehabilitation Act
Defines handicapped person, appropriate education. Prohibits decriminalization against students in federally funded programs. -
Education for all Handicapped Children
Requires states to provide free appropriate education for children with disabilities 5-18. Requires IEP, first to define least restrictive environment. Also known as the Mainstreaming act. -
1988—Honig v. Doe
Benefited individuals with emotional and/or behavior disorders who have academic and social problems. Ruled that schools could not expel children for behaviors related to their disability. -
IDEA ACT
Allows special education staff who are working in mainstream classrooms to assist general education students when needed.The act is a four-part piece of American legislation that ensures students with a disability are provided with Free Appropriate Public Education that is tailored to their individual needs. -
No Child Left Behind Act
Requires at least 95% of students with disabilities participate in statewide assessments for standard measures of yearly progress for school-age children. The law held schools accountable for how kids learned and achieved.The law was controversial in part because it penalized schools that didn’t show improvement. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
Increases federal funds to provide early intervention services to students who do not need special education or related services. Eliminates use of short-term objectives in an IEP except for students who do not take statewide achievement assessments. Raises standards for special education licensure. -
Increasing Number of children receiving IDEA update
By 2009, U.S. Department of Education estimates showed that, about 5.8 million of the nation’s schoolchildren, ages 6 to 21, were receiving special education services through IDEA.More than half of all students with disabilities spend at least 80 percent of their time in the regular classroom. -
Rosa's Law
President Barack Obama signed Rosa’s Law, which changed the references in federal law from “mental retardation to intellectual disability, and references to a mentally retarded individual to an individual with an intellectual disability.” This was in hopes to cultivate a healthy atmosphere for learning in our country’s schools. The law was put in place as an effort to promote more inclusion in the classroom. -
Implementing Technology in the Classroom
For example, virtual schools, blended learning, and live streaming teachers all integrate technology into the classroom environment. Ultimately, when considering technology used in special education, the horizons are bright. https://www.proxlearn.com/special-education-in-the-united-states-2018 (webpage)
(video) https://youtu.be/PiOwkjLQlBY
