ESE 601, Historical Time Line

  • Mills V. Board of Education, Washington D.C.

    Mills V. Board of Education, Washington D.C.
    Stated that students with mental, behavioral, physical or emotional handicaps were to be offered Free Appropriate Public Education and lack of financial resources was not an acceptable reason for not providing services. Resulted in 1975 Education for all Handicapped Children, later known as IDEA, implementing Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) for all children and the principle of Least Restrictive Environments (LRE). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdzpyzmeolU]
  • Honig V. Doe

    Honig V. Doe
    This case ruled that students could not be removed from school for more than 10 days if inappropriate behavior was a result of their disability without parent consent or court intervention. This became known as manifestation determination. [https://www.c-span.org/video/?2078-1/supreme-court-review]
  • Cedar Rapids Community School District V. Garret F.

    Cedar Rapids Community School District V. Garret F.
    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) required the school district to provide health services which are provided by a "qualified school nurse or other qualified person," but not medical services, which are limited to services provided by a physician. It was decided that the 1990 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) require schools to provide continuous nursing services to students who need them.
    [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36fZw-zip_A]