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Congressional Investigation
Congress launched an investigation into the status of children with disabilities and found that millions of children were not receiving an appropriate education.In 1972, legislation was introduced in Congress after several “landmark court cases establishing in law the right to education for all handicapped children.” By this occurring it only made everything equal and fair to all children whether they had a disability or not. -
The EHA
This particular act would help children with disabilities get into school,because at the time they weren't allowed at all. The act contained a provision stating that students with disabilities should be placed in least restrictive environment (LRE) in order to allow the maximum possible opportunity to interact with non-disabled peers. This act resulted in more children being placed in regular classrooms. -
Public Law 94-142
This law was passed in 1975 to help guarantee free appropriate public education to each child with a disability. It would cause a dramatic and positive effect on millions of children across the United States -
IDEA
The IDEA act was the EHA recreated. It stood for the Individuals with Disabilities Act. It's purpose was to make sure children with disabilities were placed into regular classrooms. Also getting their parents involved as well. And with the parents approval the child having an IEP. A Individualized Education Program. -
ADA
This stood for the Americans with Disabilities Act. It took a lot campaigning and lobbying to get here but they did. This act helped people with disabilities get an equal opportunity to receive employment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFKicqqVME8 -
NCLB
NCLB stands for No Child Left Behind. This law held schools accountable for how children learned and achieved. So if a child did not learn how they were supposed to the school was penalized. -
Accepting Inclusive Education
Since the 2000s inclusive education for students with disabilities had become more accepted. It had now been stated that curriculum should be designed to meet unique needs of students with disabilities. They however also wanted the students with disabilities to still try and excel at the general education to the highest extent possible. https://www.educationnext.org/has-inclusion-gone-too-far-weighing-effects-students-with-disabilities-peers-teachers/ -
Amendments to IDEA
The 2004 amendments to IDEA (P.L. 108-446) sharpened federal mandates to increase state and local accountability for educating children with disabilities and expanded methods to identify students with specific learning disabilities. This law also continued federal commitment and support to ensure that special education and early intervention personnel are highly qualified. -
Aligning IDEA and NCLB
The IDEA 2004 re-authorization emphasized the need to align IDEA with other school improvement efforts, specifically “improvement efforts under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.” They wanted to make sure they every child was still being challenged with high expectations when it came to curriculum. -
IDEA Mandated Programs
During the 2007–08 school year, IDEA mandated programs and services were provided to more than 6 million children and youths with disabilities and more than 320,000 infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families. These programs and services are provided in each of the 50 states, eight territories, District of Columbia, and in schools supported by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
