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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
*Supports many initiatives that help low income families acces hight quality education programs.
*Includes provisions for free and reduced lunches and additional teachers in disadvantaged communities.
*Applies to children who need additional support to benefit from public school education programs -
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History of Special Education
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Vocational Rehabilitation Act
*Defines handicapped person
*Difines appropriate education
*Prohibits discrimination against students and disabilities in federally funded programs -
Educational Amendments Act
*Grants federal funds to states for programming for exceptional learners.
*Provides the first federal funding of state programs for students who are gifted and talented.
*Grants students and families the right or due proess in special education placement. -
Education for All Hindicapped Children Act (EAHCA)
*Known as the Mainstreaming Law
*Requires states to provide a free and appropriate public education for children with disabilities, (ages 5-18).
*Requires individualized education programs (IEP).
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Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments
*Requires states to extend free and appropriate education to children with disabilities.
*Establishes early interventiion programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities. (ages birth to 2 years). -
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
*Prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in the private sector.
*Protects equal opportunity to employment and public services, accommadatins, trasportation, and telecommunications.
*Defines disability to include people with AIDS -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( IDEA)
*People first
*Along with special ed, it also includes social work, asstive technology, and rehabilitation services.
*Confidentiality for students and parents.
*Ads autism and traumatic brain injury
*States are required to provide bilingual education programs for students with disabilities.
*Requires states to educate students with disabilities for transition to employment, and to provide transition services.
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Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
*Requires that all students with disabilities continue to receive services, even if they have been expelled feom school.
*Allows states to extend their use of the developmental delay category for students through age 9.
*Requires schools to assume greater responsibility for ensuring that students with disabililities have access to the general education curriculum.
*Allows special education staff who are working in mainstream classrooma to assist general education students when needed. -
No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)
*Improves performance of elementary and secondary schools by increasing school, district, and state accountability for all students, including those from minority populations and those with special needs.
*Flexibility in how states use federal funds.
*Offers shcool choice for students enrolled in failing schools.
*Implements early reading interventions. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
*Allows districts to use RTi
*Increases federal funds to provide early intervention services to students who do not need special education or related services.
*Eliminates use of short-term objectives in an IEP except for students who do not take statewide achievement assessments.
*Raises standards for special education licensure.
*Adopts policies designed to prevent the disproportionate representation of students in special education by race and ethnicity.
