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Supreme Court Case. This case decided that racial segregation in public schools prevented equality in education. It was later used to argue against segregation based on disabilities in schools (Wright, 2010).
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This act provided more funding for primary and secondary education from the federal government and emphasized the need to close the gap in achievement between high and low income students. Increased funding helped children with disabilities have better access of public education. (Special Education News, 2009).
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Section 504. Stated that individuals with disabilities could not be excluded from programs receiving federal funding (Department of Education, 2015).
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Public Law 94-142. The first special education legislation that prevented students from being denied education based on their disabilities. (Skiba et al., 2008)
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EAHCA was replaced with IDEA, which focused more on the individuals with disabilities rather than the disabilities themselves (Driscoll & Nagel, 2010).
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These amendments focused on providing individualized education plans as well as providing parents with a larger decision making role (Driscoll & Nagel, 2010).
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The purpose of this act was to make sure the every students had the same opportunity to get a high-quality education. This education was to be assessed using achievement standards and standardized assessment (Wright, 2010)
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With these amendments, Congress increased the accountability for educating students with disabilities, calling for teachers who were highly qualified (Department of Education, 2010).