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Brown v. Board of Education
Set a precedent for no more discrimination in public schools based on race and other factors -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
The school's responsibility for students living in poverty showed how the school would be responsible for their minority students. -
Amendments to the ESEA, Title VI
Students with disabilities were finally getting federal funding to expand programs in schools. -
Education of the Handicapped Act
This created more state grants and resources for students with disabilities in schools and trained teachers for special education. -
Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia
Determined that it would be unconstitutional to deprive students with disabilities an education -
PARC v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Determined that students with intellectual disabilities have a right to a free appropriate public education. -
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
Gave rights to people with disabilities in terms of discrimination in any type of program with federal funding -
Education Amendments
Established more civil rights against discrimination -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Required schools to develop an IEP and provides federal funding to schools that facilitate a free appropriate public education -
Larry P. vs Riles
Concluded that students with disabilities could not be evaluated solely on their IQ scores and must be assessed in a timely manner -
Hendrick Hudson School vs Rowley
Addition of individual personal plans for students with disabilities -
Irving Indep. School vs. Tatro
Established students with disabilities' right to be served in public school regardless of their health impairments -
The Handicapped Children's Protection Act
Gave parents the right to not have to pay for due process and ultimately gave them safeguards when advocating for their children -
Education of the Handicapped Amendments
Created federal financial incentives for educating younger children, birth-two years and three-five year olds. -
Honig vs Doe
Stopped exclusion of students with disabilities in school for misbehavior -
Danny R.R. vs State Board of Education
Determined that a student has the right to inclusion to the maximum with least restrictive environments and free appropriate public education -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Added new disability categories, transition requirements, renamed EAHCA to be IDEA, and showed that states were not immune to lawsuits for violating IDEA -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments
Added new disciplinary provisions, IEP contests, and mediation between parents and the state before due process hearings -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
Added "highly qualified" teachers, response-to-intervention models, removed short-term objectives from IEPs and prohibited states from requiring schools to use discrepancy formula -
Endrew F. vs Douglas Country School District
Determined that under IDEA, the minimum is not enough
