History of Special Education By mletzler 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Affirmed the rights of minority students in schools 1963 Public Law 88-164 Authorized funds for training professionals to work with students with disabilities and research 1968 Handicapped Children’s Early Education Assistance Act Set up 20 programs to demonstrate how early intervention could improve lives of students with disabilities 1972 PARC v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania All children have a right to FAPE 1972 Mills v. Board of Education Lack of funds is not an excuse for not providing FAPE to students with disabilities 1973 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act Bridge between regular and special education, providing accommodations as needed 1975 Public Law 94-142 All children with disabilities have access to free, appropriate public education through six key principles. 1979 Larry P. v. Riles Students shouldn't be labelled handicapped without testing that takes into account student's cultural and linguistic background 1979 Jose P. v. Ambach Testing and interventions for students with disabilities who are bilingual should be dual-language 1982 Board of Education v. Rowley Students with disabilities have right to appropriate, not optimal free, public education 1986 Public Law 99-457 Provided funding for early childhood education from birth on 1988 Javit's Act Provided money in support of research on needs of academically gifted students 1988 Polk v. Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit 16 Students with disabilities have right to free public education that is more than de minimus, even if not optimal 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act Extends civil rights to persons with disabilities 1991 Greer v. Rome City School District Prioritized inclusion in regular classroom in regards to a student with Down's Syndrome 1993 Oberti v. Board of Education of the Borough of Clementon School District School must demonstrate that student would not benefit from inclusion in general classroom due to severity of disability 2001 No Child Left Behind Act 100% proficiency of all students expected in public schools 2004 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Improved previous legislation through quality of personnel, IEP standards, and transition planning 2006 Henrico County School Board v. R.T. Paid family for private school costs because public school knowingly and repeatedly failed to provide FAPE 2007 L.I. v. Maine School Administrative District Student should still receive specialized education even though performing well academically for other needs 2007 Winkleman v. Parma City School District Parent participation is crucial 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funding given to early interventions as part of recovery from economic recession 2009 Drobnicki v. Poway United School District Must schedule IEP meeting for time and day parent can attend