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Brown Vs Board of Education was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality.
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A lawsuit filed against the District of Columbia in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The court ruled that students with disabilities must be given a public education even if the students are unable to pay for the cost of the education.
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A case where the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was sued by the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC), now The Arc of Pennsylvania, over a law that gave public schools the authority to deny a free education to children who had reached the age of 8, yet had not reached the mental age of 5.
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Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 protects the rights of people with disabilities in programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance, including federal funds.
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Required all schools to provide equal access to education and one free meals to children with physical and mental disabilities.
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The United States Supreme Court handed down its holding in Rowley in which it concluded that states must provide a “basic floor of opportunity to disabled students, not a potential-maximizing education.” In other words “states must confer some educational benefit upon the handicapped child.
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Directed the Secretary of Education to provide continuity grants, for assistive technology to individuals with disabilities.
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IDEA, provides children with disabilities the same opportunity for education as those who do not have a disability.
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ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public.
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NCLB is a federal law that provides money for extra educational assistance for poor children in return for improvements in their academic progress.
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The Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 authorizes the national Head Start program, which provides comprehensive developmental services, including health, nutritional, educational, social and other services, to economically disadvantaged preschool children and their families.
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An act requiring elementary and secondary schools to adopt policies to prevent and address bullying.
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It amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) (most recently called the No Child Left Behind Act). What does the law require, what does it change about education, how are states responding, and what does the law mean for children with disabilities?
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