Exceptionalities timeline

By slriester

  • Public Law 88-164

    This law allowed funds to go towards training professionals to work with children with special needs and research for determining the best practices for educating those with special needs.

  • Public Law 93-112

    Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or PL 93-112, was established when people interfered with or denied the rights of disabled people. Particularly, students experienced a misunderstanding of their exceptionalities with failing grades, suspensions and chronic misbehaviors. This law helped those individuals whom did not need special education but needed something more than general education.

  • Public Law 94-142

    This law guaranteed that all special needs children would have a free appropriate public education which would allow the child to have special education and related services to meet their individual needs.

  • Public Law 99-457

    Despite the name, the previous law, "The Education for All Handicapped Children Act," did not include young children. Shortly after the law was passed, it became more evident that younger children needed special needs services as well. This led to PL 99-457, which include all children from birth on. The name changed to "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act."

  • Public Law 101-336

    "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1992," was designed with the purpose to guarantee rights to persons with disabilities, despite their gender, race, color, religion, or national origin. No child should be denied their right to education based on their disability or background.

  • Public Law 107-110

    The purpose of the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" was to identify that not every child can reach the same level skill that is required by law; however, that does not mean they should be held behind, or that the school should be penalized. Under this law, teachers are to make sure students preform at a minimum level of competency.

  • IDEA 2004

    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is the revised and improved version of the PL 99-142. There were three major changes. These are: quality of personnel which states educators must be licensed to teach special education, IEP standards which must contain scientifically based practices and services as well as an individual plan, and transition planning must be included in the IEPs.