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Fisrt state supported instituiton for individuals with dissablilities. The instituiton was wildly over populated and had extremely poor conditions.
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Segration in schools was made illegal. All poeple have a right to a publice education no matter race, gender, or disability.
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Granted 265 million in federal aid to "Mental Readartions Facilities
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This was again ferderal support brought through JFK to create, Mental Retardation research centers,
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Outlawed forms of discrimination, against African Americans and women. Equal rights for all!
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Gave Grants to institutions and schools to develop education program dedicated to students with disabilities.
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Free approriate edcuation paide for the the state for individuals with dissablities up to the age of 21.
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Parents are allowed to have access to informations collected about their child.
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Mandate a free appropriate education for all children with dissablities. Also mandated that students with disabilities have IEPs. Is now called IDEA.
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Civil rights that prohibits and descrimination based on disabilitiy.
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Reathourization of IDEA. Requires that specail education students be tsted as any other student, using the same assessement or an alternative.
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Students must be assessed for yearly progress, and are to be proficient in math and reading by 2014.
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Creates more of an outcome based process. Setting students and parents up with services to help the student before, during, and after their time at school. Special Education teachers must be qualified in core subject.
