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First Special Ed Program
These programs started off as a delinquency prevention for “at risk” children who lived in the poorer parts of town. -
No School for Disabilities
Before the 1950s, many students with disabilities were excluded from attending public schools. Although, the students with severe disabilities were forced to stay in their homes or to be institutionalized. -
Brown v. Board of Education
State sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional. This historic decision marked the end of the “separate but equal” precedent set by the Supreme Court nearly 60 years earlier in Plessy v. Ferguson. https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/brown-v-board-of-education -
Dep of Public Welfare v. Haas
In the case of the Department of Public Welfare v. Haas in 1958, the Supreme Court of Illinois maintained that the state’s compulsory education laws did not require a “free public education for the feebleminded or children who are mentally deficient.” -
The ESEA Act
The elementary and secondary education (ESEA) was signed into law in 1965 by president Johnson who believed that “full educational opportunity” should be “our first national go.” From its inception, ESEA was a civil rights law. The ESEA offered new grants to district serving low income students federal grants for textbooks and library. Books funding for special education centers, and scholarships for low income college students. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4okt6u6OEkg -
Education of Handicapped Act
Is the program that was later revised of the ESEA and continue to support for state run programs for individuals with disabilities although it did not provide any specific guidelines for how to develop these programs or what they should look like. -
Mills v. Board of Education
The Mills class which was a total of seven school age children had been denied placement in a public educational program for substantial periods of time because of alleged mental, behavioral, physical or emotional disabilities. It was for the lower income students that couldn’t afford the to be included in these classes. At the end of it all they fought for the school system to pay for those students who have disabilities and low income to be included in the special ed classrooms. -
No Child Left Behind
This act is an updated version of the elementary and secondary education act that was effectively scaled up the federal role in holding schools account. The law was passed by President George W. Bush And the purpose of the law was due to concerned that American education system was no longer internationally competitive significantly increased the federal role in holding schools, responsible for academic progress and all students. -
Every Student Succeeds
The every student succeeds act was signed by prisoner Obama on December 10, 2015 and represents good news for our nation schools. This is a bipartisan of the 50-year-old act elementary and secondary education act. The law advances equity by upholding critical protections for America’s Disadvantage and high needs students. It also requires for the first time that all students in America be taught to high academic standards that will prepare them to succeeded in college and careers. -
Scope of FAPE
In March 2017 Supreme Court ruled on a landmark case that defined the scoop of FAPE Requirements under the IDEA (individuals with disabilities education act). Endrew F versus Douglas county school district the Supreme Court determined that to meet its substantive obligation under the IDEA, A school must offer an IEP reasonably calculated to enable a child to make progress appropriate in light of the child’s circumstances.