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- Public Law 89-10 and PL 89-313
- Provided states with direct grant assistance to help educate children with disabilties
- one of the notable early federal legislation pieces for implementing effective programs
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- The first Taco Bell was founded in Downey, CA
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- Debut album 'Please Please Me' was released
- It peaked at number 63 on the US charts, selling 400,000 copies
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- Public Law 90-538
- Established 75 to 100 model programs
- Purpose: to develop successful approaches in assisting young children with disabilities
- early intervention progress
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- Ruling: students with disabilities must be given a public education even if the students are unable to pay for the cost of the education
- responsibility of states and localities to educate children w disabilities
- Landmark court decision furthering increased educational opportunities
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- PL 94-142
- Guaranteed free, appropriate public education (FAPE) to each child w/ a disability in EVERY state and locality in the US
- Protected rights of children w/ disabilities and their parents
- Assesses effectiveness of efforts to educate
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- EHA became the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- Added traumatic brain injury and autism as new disability categories
- Introduced transition plans for students with IEPs
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- NE Patriots beat St. Louis Rams in 1st ever Super Bowl win
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- 200,000 people killed by earthquake
- Haiti was devastated, $13 billion in aid was provided
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- Changed the language surrounding children with disabilities
- Replaced "mental retardation" in law with "intellectual disability"
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- Reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA)
- Purpose: to make sure public schools provide a quality education for all kids
- ESSA gives states more of a say in how schools account for student achievement
- Adds in accountability plans, goals, systems, testing, standards, etc.
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- Army defeated Navy for the first time since 2001 with a 21–17 victory
- Broke Army's 14-game losing streak against Navy
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- Courts revisited question of what educational benefit school districts must confer on children with disabilities to provide FAPE
- under IDEA, public school students with disabilities are entitled to greater benefits than some lower courts had determined
- must offer an IEP that is "reasonably calculated to enable a child to make progress appropriate in light of the child's circumstances"
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- 72.7% of students w/ disabilities graduated w/ a regular HS diploma
- 16% dropped out
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- 695,466 teachers and related service personnel were employed to serve students with disabilities in 2005-06
- 942,446 teachers and related service personnel were employed to serve students with disabilities in 2017-18
