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Proved that students with disabilities were not receiving adequate education and being denied equal education. Allowed parents with students with disabilities challenge segregation in the school system.
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Separate is not equal. Students with disabilities were not allowed to be educated with students without disabilities until the 1960's.
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Students with mild disabilities were mainstreamed with students without disabilities around 1968.
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Required school districts to provide "free public education" and accommodations to each qualifying student with a disability. Protects students who do not qualify for services under the IDEA but still have a disability, i.e. a student with a specific learning disability where accommodations are needed but services are not needed.
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Governs how states and public agencies provide eligible children with disabilities a free appropriate public education, early intervention, special education and related services to more than 6.5 million eligible infants, toddlers, children, and youth.
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Students with mild to severe disabilities still did not make academic progress due to inadequate services, lack of accommodations in the general education classroom and inadequate collaboration in spite of the regular education initiative. The inclusion movement began in the mid-1980's.
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The idea of all students being held to a higher standard. Students with mild disabilities were instructed using state standards and expected to pass all state assessments the same as non-disabled students.
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Amends the IDEA of 1975. More students with disabilities are educated with their non-disabled peers, employed, and attending college.
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Replaced the NCLB Act. Focuses on fully preparing all students for success in college and careers.