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Happened in 1972 using Brown v Board of Education results to provide the framework for IDEA. The lawsuit represented 14 children with developmental disabilities that were denied access to public education based on four sections. A common agreement was established where 3 judges agreed that no school should deny a child the chance to be admitted until the age of 21in a program “appropriate to his capacities.”
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Enacted in 1975 under the name of All Handicapped Children Act. It was put into effect after Congress realized that majority of children with disabilities didn't receive appropriate educational services. Under IDEA, children are entitled to educational services from age 3-21. IDEA has given many individuals with disabilities tools to fight for equal treatment in school and in the communities.
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ADA- was signed into law by George W. Bush in 1990. With the passing of this act, Congress realized that up to then people discriminated against individuals with disabilities by segregating them or isolating them in facilities that did not provide resources for them to succeed. When the Supreme Court affirmed the ADA, mentions how it is illegal to separate children with disabilities from community resources.
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Brought to court in November of 1996 when alumni that attended Ravenswood City School District were not given the educational needs entitled to them per IDEA, ADA and other state laws. In 1997, the State Board of Education filed motion to dismiss the charges, and after two decades and finally in 2014, U.S District Court of Northern California issued a “corrective plan.” that would mandate training, state level monitoring, responsibilities to monitor and special education laws.
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Happened in 2017 when Endrew F. was offered the minimum under FAPE. The family then used the IDEA to hold the public school accountable and reimburse them for the specialized school he was switched to. The Supreme Court ruled that the FAPE intentions are to “prepare students with disabilities for further education and integration in employment and community living.”
(https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/15-827)
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