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Perkins School for the Blind was founded on March 2nd of 1829. This was the first school for the blind in the United States. It was originally called the New England School for the Blind but then it was changed to its current name. https://www.perkins.org/our-history/perkins-milestones/ -
The Arc of the United States is an organization serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The organization was founded in the 1950s by parents of people with developmental disabilities. The Arc promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in their communities. -
On May 17, 1954, in a landmark decision in the case of Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for students of different races to be unconstitutional. The decision dismantled the legal framework for racial segregation in public schools and Jim Crow laws, which limited the rights of African Americans, particularly in the South.
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In the Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia case, it was made unlawful for the D.C. Board of Education to deny individuals with mental disabilities, learning disabilities or behavioral issues access to publicly funded educational opportunities. -
The Rehabilitation Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by Federal agencies, in programs receiving Federal financial assistance and in Federal employment. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act prohibits discrimination based on a disability in programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance including public preschool, elementary, secondary and postsecondary schools. Students with disabilities have rights to reasonable accommodations. -
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), also commonly know as the Buckley Amendment, became law in November 1974 to protect the privacy of personally identifiable information in a student’s education record. FERPA applies to any educational institution that receives any federal funding, which includes all public schools and the vast majority of private institutions.
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This act required that public schools accept federal funds to provide equal access to education. This would be provided of children with physical and mental disabilities and to ensure that special education services were provided to those who needed them. -
The Americans with Disabilities Act protects people with disabilities from discrimination. This includes in employment, transportation, public accommodations, and access to state and local government programs and services. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act included Individualized Educational Plans, enhanced educational accountability, provided standards when disciplining children with disabilities, offered mediation services to parents, and reformulated the distribution of the federal appropriations. -
The Elementary & Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 currently known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB) challenges states and school districts to increase efforts to improve student academic achievement. Its accountability provisions focus attention on low-performing groups of students, intending to close the achievement gap.