Special Education Timeline

By harperaray

  • Teachers of the Deaf Act of 1961

    This act provided training for teachers to work with deaf or hard of hearing students. This aided in the increase of specially trained teachers.

  • Mills v. Board of Education of District of Columbia

    The outcome of this case stated that children cannot be denied an education based on an existing disabilities. This covered emotional, physical, and behavioral disabilities.

  • The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975

    This act guaranteed free education for children with disabilities in order to reestablish the right of education for children with disabilities. This act ensured that public schools provided children with disabilities adequate care and education.

  • Carrie Ray (my mom) was born

  • Public Law 99-457

    This was an amendment to the All Handicapped Children Act. This amendment stated that families of children born with disabilities are to receive services from the time a child with disabilities is born rather than on their third birthday.

  • No Child Left Behind

    This act ensured that all children were given the resources to reach federally set goals within the classroom. This required states to obtain proficiency as well as improved graduation rated for all students.

  • I was born

  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004

    This act ensured that children were provided with education that met their unique needs that helped set them up for the future. This act also ensured that both children and the parents of children with disabilities had their rights protected.

  • I start school

  • New Girl first aired on television

  • 78 FR 10525 (Amendments to IDEA)

    These amendments to the IDEA revised the importance of parental consent when it came to the services provided by the IDEA. This also reinforced the fact that parents are to be informed of all legal protections.

  • Taylor Swift releases her album 1989

  • Every Student Succeeds Act

    This act reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and replaced the no child left behind act. This means that states are responsible for holding schools to a standard based on a federal outline rather than a federally set goal.