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PL.88:164
Authorized federal funds to support training of professionals to work with students with disabilities and research on practices to be used with those children.
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Handicapped Children’s Early Education Assistance Act
Passed by Congress to set up twenty model programs, encompassing Head Start, throughout the nation to validate how working with individuals with exceptionalities could improve lives.
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Mills v. Board of Education
States that a lack of money is not a justification for not providing education to children with special needs. If money is not available for one program, then all must be cut back.
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Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Sequence of court verdicts that were in favor of children with disabilities and their right to free and appropriate public education (FAPE).
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PL.93:112 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
States that it is unlawful to reject involvement in activities or programs exclusively because of a disability.
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PL.94:142 Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Assured that all children with disabilities had a free public education offered to them including services created for their rare needs.
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Larry P. v. Riles
Children should not be identified as “handicapped” or positioned in special education classrooms without a proper diagnosis that considers varying cultural and linguistic experiences.
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Jose P. v. Ambach
Children that are bilingual and have exceptionalities require identification, evaluation, and education that replicates and respects their experiences.
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Board of Education v. Rowley
Children with exceptionalities are entitled to a fitting, not perfect education.
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PL.99:457 Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments
Created due to the PL.94:142 lack of including all ages. This law distributed federal funds for the states to construct programs for children beginning at birth.
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Polk v. Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit 16
Following the Board of Education v. Rowley case, this case clarified that education services, though not perfect, must still educationally benefit the child with a disability.
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Barnett v. Fairfax County Board of Education
Any child with a hearing disability is allowed to attend a school further away from home rather than in the neighborhood to better meet the student’s needs with a centralized program.
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Greer v. Rome City School District
Any child with down syndrome is placed in a general education classroom instead of a special education classroom due to the accepted importance of inclusion in IDEA.
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PL.101:336 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1992
Extends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to individuals with disabilities.
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Oberti v. Board of Education of the Borough of Clementon School District
Stated that it is the duty of the school district to exhibit that the child’s exceptionalities severe enough that he/she will gain minimum benefit from inclusion or will be disruptive enough to prevent other students from learning.
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PL.107:110 No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)
Held schools and teachers accountable for getting students to a minimum level of proficiency by requiring schools to share test data to demonstrate success.
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Formerly the Education of the Handicapped Act, redesigned to better the previous version by requiring more certified special education teachers, IEP standards, and transition planning.
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA [Sometimes still referred to as IDEA])
Reauthorization of IDEA that now includes the addition of preparation for further education for students with special needs.
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Henrico County School Board v. R.T.
States that public school systems cannot knowingly and repeatedly fail to provide an appropriate educational program.
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PL.109-416 Combating Autism Act of 2006
Allows for the formation of regional centers of excellence for ADS research and activities to increase public awareness of ASD. Also calls on the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee to improve information distributing.
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L.I. v. Maine School Administrative District
A determination by the court that children with Asperger’s syndrome should not be denied special education services.
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Winkleman v. Parma City School District
Ruled that parental involvement in the special education process is vital to guaranteeing that children with exceptionalities obtain a FAPE.
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Created to stimulate economic activity in multiple areas, such as education to provide lasting economic condition to the U.S.
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Drobnicki v. Poway United School District
Declares that schools cannot deny the student of receiving a FAPE.
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