Special Education Timeline

By Ryleefay9

  • Compulsory Education Law

    Compulsory Education Laws was put in place to encourage parents to send their children to school.
    Compulsory Education Laws started getting passed across the United States in 1642 and the last state to pass this law was in 1918. Jacqueline A. Rodriguez, & Wendy W. Murawski. (2020). Special Education Law and Policy: From Foundation to Application. Plural Publishing, Inc.

  • Elizabeth Farrell and the Henry Street School

    Elizabeth Farrell is the reason behind how Special Education operates today. Farrell developed the concept of teaching "atypical" students. Jacqueline A. Rodriguez, & Wendy W. Murawski. (2020). Special Education Law and Policy: From Foundation to Application. Plural Publishing, Inc.

  • Brown v. the Board of Education

    Brown v. the Board of Education was a case that overturned segregation in schools. Jacqueline A. Rodriguez, & Wendy W. Murawski. (2020). Special Education Law and Policy: From Foundation to Application. Plural Publishing, Inc.

  • Public Law 85-926

    President Eisenhower signed into law the first national legislation that supported the teaching of those with disabilities.
    This law was named "An Act to Encourage Expansion of Teaching in the Education of Mentally Retarted Children Through Grants to Institutions of Higher Learning and to State Educational Agencies." Jacqueline A. Rodriguez, & Wendy W. Murawski. (2020). Special Education Law and Policy: From Foundation to Application. Plural Publishing, Inc.

  • FERPA

    FERPA also known as The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act was passed in 1974 and protects educational records of every student. FERPA. (2021). The Department Chair, 31(3), 28–28. https://doi.org/10.1002/dch.30372

  • IDEA 1990

    The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990, P.L. 101-476, caused a lot of changes to the Special Education Law.
    One major change included Autism and dramatic brain injuries was added to the disability categories and transition services became mandatory.

  • Americas with Disabilities Act

    President Bush signed the Americas with Disabilities Act into Law on July 26th, 1990. Colker. (2020). ADA Title II: The Supreme Court, The Courts of Appeals, and the States: A Swinging Pendulum. In The Disability Pendulum (Vol. 39, pp. 126–165). New York University Press. https://doi.org/10.18574/9780814790373-007

  • ADA Title II

    "ADA Title II directly prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability by the state and local government and provides for a board array of relief, including retrospective damages," (Colker, pg. 126). Colker. (2020). ADA Title II: The Supreme Court, The Courts of Appeals, and the States: A Swinging Pendulum. In The Disability Pendulum (Vol. 39, pp. 126–165). New York University Press. https://doi.org/10.18574/9780814790373-007

  • IDEA 97, Public Law No. 105-17

    This law was reauthorized and passed to try and prevent problems among children that are minorities and have a disability. This Law was further intensified into the IDEA 2004, Public Law No. 108-446. Skiba, Simmons, A. B., Ritter, S., Gibb, A. C., Rausch, M. K., Cuadrado, J., & Chung, C.-G. (2008). Achieving Equity in Special Education: History, Status, and Current Challenges. Exceptional Children, 74(3), 264–288. https://doi.org/10.1177/001440290807400301

  • Section 504 and IDEA 2004

    This law was reauthorized again.
    This Law provides protection to students who have a disability and also provide accommodations that will help students. Beverley H Johns. (2016). Your Classroom Guide to Special Education Law. Brookes Publishing.