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BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION
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. -
FROM SEGREGATION TO INCLUSION
Separate is not equal. Students with disabilities were not allowed to be educated with students without disabilities until the 1960's. -
FROM SEGREGATION TO INCLUSION
Students with mild disabilities were mainstreamed with students without disabilities around 1968. -
SECTION 504 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT
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. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
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. -
SPECIAL EDUCATION IN THE 1980'S
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. -
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND (NCLB) OF 2001
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. -
INDIVIDUALS W/ DISABILITIES EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2004
Amends the IDEA of 1975. More students with disabilities are educated with their non-disabled peers, employed, and attending college. -
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Replaced the NCLB Act. Focuses on fully preparing all students for success in college and careers.