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Compulsory Education Law
Massachusetts is the first state to pass compulsory education law. Students with disabilities are not included in public schools (Yell, 2016). -
White House Conference of 1910
This conference provided nationwide attention to students with disabilities, and established remedial programs for special needs students. -
New Jersey
The first state to pass laws mandating public schools to educate students with disabilities. Although other states followed, enforcing these laws was ineffective (Yell, 2016). -
Council for Exceptional Children
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), a professional organization created for the education of children with special needs. -
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Parent Advocacy Groups
Many parents came together and advocated for their special needs children's rights to a better education. The Cuyahoga County Ohio Council for the Retarded Child formed in 1933. Several other groups formed afterwards. Parent advocacy was vital to the development of special education services (Yell, 2016). -
Brown v. Board of Education
Forbid segregation in public schools on the basis of race. This case opened the door for children with disabilities. -
Amendments to the ESEA, Title VI
Federal funding was given to help states expand programs for children with disabilities (Yell, 2016). -
Education of the Handicapped
Extended state grant programs for children with disabilities, supplied grants to colleges to train special education teachers, and established regional resource centers (Yell, 2016) -
PARC v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Necessitated Pennsylvania to supply students with intellectual disabilities with a free appropriate public education (Yell, 2016). -
Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia
Upheld decision about segregation in public schools by race was illegal. It was unconstitutional for the Bd. of Education to keep students with disabilities from receiving an education (Yell, 2016). -
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
Forbid discrimination against qualified people with disabilities in programs that receive federal funding (Yell, 2016). -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Supplied federal funding to states that agreed to educate students with disabilities required in EAHCA (Yell, 2016). Schools were required to develop an IEP and created safeguard procedures (Yell, 2016). -
Education of the Handicapped Amendments
Established federal financial incentives to educate infants from birth to 2. Required IFSPs for eligible children and their families (Yell, 2016). Expanded the EAHCA's Part B program to 3 to 5 year olds (Yell, 2016). -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Name changed from EAHCA to IDEA, added traumatic brain injury and Autism to new disabilities categories, transition requirement for IEP at age 16, changed to "people first" language, added states were not immune from lawsuits for violations (Yell, 2016). -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Amendments
New IEP contents added, changed IEP team members, New disciplinary provisions added, states were required to offer mediation to parents prior to due process hearings, reorganized the structure of IDEA (Yell, 2016). -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDIEA)
Determined Highly Qualified Teacher requirements, short term objectives removed from IEP's except for students with severe disabilities, forbid states from requiring school districts to use a discrepancy formula for determining eligibility, encouraged the use of response to intervention model to determine if students were learning disabled (Yell, 2016). -
Reference
Yell, Mitchell, L. (2016). The Law and Special Education. Pearson Education, Inc.