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Thomas Jefferson proposes a plan in Virginia that would allow poor citizens to receive an education. The plan was rejected.
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Thomas Gallaudet establishes a program to educate people who have disabilities in Conneticut at the Asylum for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb.
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Massachusetts allows segregation of schools on the "seperate by equal" basis.
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Charles Houston helps to end segregation at the University Maryland Law School.
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Charles Houston helps to end segregation at the University of Missouri Law School.
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The Supreme Court rules that seperate does not mean equal, ending legal segregation in schools.
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Funds approved by congress to go towards training for special education teachers.
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Pennsylvania created rights for students with disabilities to have access to "free and appropriate education."
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The District of Columbia creates rights for students with disabilities for "free and appropriate education."
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An amendment for rights of people with disabilites to be guarenteed in schools and employment.
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is enacted guarenteeing education for all students in the least restrictive environment.
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Advocated for students with mild disabilities to be educated in the regular classrooms.
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6 resolutions passed including one that meant including special programs in instructional environments.
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U.S. Circuit Court ruled in favor of a student with severe disabilities to be included.
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Educational goals have to apply to all students.