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Brown vs. Board of education
Brown vs. Board of education case was unconstitutional for education institutions to segregate children by race. far reaching implications for special education. -
PARC vs. penn
Pennsylvania association for retarted children (parc) v. commonwealth of pennsylvania call for students with disability's to be placed in publicly funded school settings that met their individual educational needs. -
Mills vs. Board of education
U.S. district of Columbia students classified as "exceptional" including a lot more issues such as behavior or mental. it made the board unlawful to deny these individuals access to publicly funded education. -
congressional investigation
in the wave of the parc and mills ruling congress set out to uncover how many children with special education needs were being unserved. 1.75 million not in school. -
Handicapped children act
President Gerald Ford signed the education for all handicapped children act. This law required to provide equal access to education for children with disabilities. -
Public Law 99-457
This law was an amendment to all the handicapped children act. which mandated that individual states provide services to families of children born with disabilities from the time they are born. -
Handicapped children protection signed
President Reagan signed the handicapped children protection act. which gave parents more say in the development of their children or IEP's. -
Education for all handicapped children act
This act was mandated that IEP and and individual transition plan must be developed to help the student transition to post-secondary life. Also more disabilities were added. -
IDEA act
The education for all handicapped children's act got became the Individuals disabilities education act (IDEA). Also was able to expand the developmental delay. -
Raised standards who teach sped
Congress amended IDEA by calling early intervention for raising the standards for instructors who teach special education classes. Also 15% of funds would go to general education if disproportionate number of students from minority groups were placed in special education for reasons other than disability.