SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW TIMELINE

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  • BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION

    The segregation in public school was declared unconstitutional
  • ESEA (ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT

    States were provided federal dollars to assist students with disadventages
  • AMENDS TO ESEA

    The Elementary and Secondary Education Act was improved to include children with disabilities
  • EDUCATION OF THE HANDICAPPED ACT

    Money was allocated to train teachers on servicing students with disabilities
  • DIANA V. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

    IQ tests were provided in the language students understood
  • PARC AND MILLS

    Helped with the provision of Free Appropriate Public Education and that students with disabilities can not be denied with appropriate education
  • AMENDMENTS TO 1972 DECISIONS

    To include changes to Mills v. Board of Education Law
    and the rights under PARC v. Commonwealth of PA
  • EDUCATION OF ALL HANDICAPPED STUDENTS ACT AMENDED

    Notable changes include: Age for services was lowered to 3 yrs to qualify for services; Family Service Plans were created for families; and Financial assistance for early intervention services age birth to 2
  • INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990 (IDEA)

    The new name for Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975
  • NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT (NCLB)

    Controversial law that includes the standardization of testing for children, reaction the the low academic achievement of American students
  • IDEA IMPROVEMENT ACT

    Included the use of RTI model in the classrooms