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For the first time legislation dealing with the educational needs of those with learning disability
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USA/China and UK
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Education (Handicapped Children) Act made education universal.
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Free and Appropriate Public Education Act covers every student in a given school district the school district is required to educate the student no matter how severe their disability Free Appropriate Public Education under Section 504.
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Section 504 is a federal law designed to protect the rights of individuals with disabilities
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President Gerald Ford signed into law the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142), now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
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Local governments were to set up special schools or classes for students who were blind, deaf, or had cognitive disabilities (National People's Congress, 1986)
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This Act was amended in 2008
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protection against discrimination to the full range of state and local government services, programs, and activities including public schools
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Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities (National People's Congress, 1990)
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sponsored by the State Education Commission and (UNICEF). This was directly for disabled students.
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both of which started at early 1990s, call for compulsory 9 years of education to be provided to children with disabilities
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Revision from Education Act of 1996
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Covers all public schools in the country. NCLB was supposed to put emphasize accountability on the teachers through work. The main focus was on reading.
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Free public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children. Latest amendment - Public Law 114-95, the Every Student Succeeds Act, in December 2015
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Implentmented in May 2017
