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ESE 601: Special Education Timeline

By AriellePeanut

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education was a decision aimed at ruling that segregation in public schools was illegal. The Brown case decided that separate but equal is not equal. This started the idea that not only are children who are racially different not receiving equal education, but children who are considered retarded also do not receive an equal education (Forte, 2017).

  • P.A.R.C. v. Pennsylvania

    P.A.R.C. v. Pennsylvania argued the exclusion of “retarded children” violated the four state statutes. The first states the state board of education is relieved from providing public education to a child that is determined to be “retarded”. The second allows the state to postpone public education for a mentally ill child. The third and fourth are similar in that they provide excuses for the state board of education to deny disabled children the right to public education (Forte, 2017).

  • IDEA

    The individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was created to enable children with disabilities to receive a better education than what was currently available to them. This law ensures that students with disabilities have free and appropriate public education nationwide and that special education services are available to these children (IDEA, n.d.).

  • Honig v. Doe

    Honig v. Doe is a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court concluded that the expulsion of a child was wrong due to the child’s actions being not their own. A consequence of this case was the 10-day rule which allows a school to only suspend special education students without parental consent or court intervention. Furthermore, a student could not be removed if their actions resulted from their disability (Forte, 2017).

  • ADA

    Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed to ensure that Americans with disabilities are protected from discrimination (ADA, n.d.). This would ensure that any job, house loan, mode of transportation, working service animals, etc., was able not only accessible by someone who does not have a disability but someone who has some form of physical or mental disability.