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Required every city and town in Massachusetts to offer primary school, focusing on grammar and basic arithmetic. By 1918, every state had a Compulsory Attendance Law.
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Declared that all people born in the United States were now citizens regardless of race, color or previous condition.
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Upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation. Public facilities have to be equal in quality.
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By 1918, every state had a Compulsory Attendance Law.
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The Supreme Court found that segregated public schools are unequal.
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The purpose is to strengthen and coordinate activities on behalf of students with disabilities.
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Amish parents were exempt from such laws past 8th grade. Also, those who are homeschooled are also exempt as long as they follow and meet the standards.
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Pennsylvania is responsible for providing free public education to all children. No child regardless of his/her disability could be turned down.
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The Board of Education cannot violate rights at due process and has an obligation to provide education for all students.
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Prohibits disability discrimination.
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Later reauthorized as IDEA.
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Defined free appropriate public education.
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Supreme Court found that a medical treatment is a related service under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act and that the school is required to provide it.
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Clarifies procedural safeguards, parent roles in educational decision making, tuition reimbursement for private placement, and child's placement during dispute about FAPE.
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Discipline case on behalf of emotionally disturbed children who had academic and social problems.
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Prohibits disability discrimination by public entities.
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Free and appropriate education
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Civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of life.
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