Events Shaping Special Education Reform

By StacyJoAllen

  • Elemenatry Secondary Education Act amended

    Elementary and Secondary Education Act was amended to include grant programs for handicapped children

  • Education of Handicapped Act

    Grant programs expanded, no real improvement

  • Pennsylvania Association of Retarted Children vs. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania Association of Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, prevented the exclusion of children with disaiblities

  • Mills vs. Board of Education

    Helped with students with the suspension, expulsion and exclusion of students with disabilities

  • The Rehabilitation Act, Section 504

    People could not be discriminated against solely on their disability

  • Education of Handicapped Children Act

    Public Law 94-142, mandated the right for students with disabilities to have an eduation

  • Americans with Disabilities Act

    Protects people with disabilities from being discriminated with in government services

  • No Child Left Behind Act

    The No Child Left Behind Act, mandated ALL children showed proficiency in math and reading by 2014

  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act amended

    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act was amended to better align with NCLB

  • Every Student Succeeds Act

    Every Student Succeeds Act mandates that all children with disabilities have full participation in independent living and self-sufficiency