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Kentucky School for the Deaf
The Kentucky School for the Deaf was established as the Kentucky Asylum for the Tuition of the Deaf and Dumb on April 10, 1823. It was the first state-supported school of its kind in the United States and the first school for the deaf west of the Allegheny Mountains. The school provides education to deaf and hard-of-hearing children from elementary through high school levels. Since 1960, the Kentucky Board of Education and Department of Education have governed the school. -
Willowbrook State School
Willowbrook State School was a state-supported institution for children with intellectual disability from 1947 until 1987. It was located in the Willowbrook neighborhood on Staten Island in New York City. At the time, it was the biggest state-run institution for people with mental disabilities in the United States. Sen. Robert Kennedy called the school "snake pit" due to its conditions and questionable medical practices and experiments. The school was then closed in 1987. -
BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_brown.html Due to the outcome of this U.S. Sepreme Court case, segregation on the basis of race violated equal educational opportunity. This case led the way to a growing understanding that all people, regardless of race, gender, or disability, have a right to public education. -
JOHN F. KENNEDY'S "NATIONAL PLAN TO COMBAT MENTAL RETARDATION"
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy gathered a panel of experts to develop "A National Plan to Combat Mental Retardation." In 1963, Kennedy made a speech to the Congress of the United and announced the findings and asked for support for new resources to address the needs of people with mental retardation and mental illness. -
JOHN F. KENNEDY'S BILLS BECOME LAW
The Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Act, which granted $265 million in federal aid over five years to support programs for the mentally retarded, and the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Construction Act, which granted $330 million over five years for new buildings to serve disabled citizens were signed into law this day by John F. Kennedy. -
THE (VOCATIONAL) REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973
(P.L. 93-112) The (Vocational) Rehabilitation Act (Section 504) states that any recipient of federal financial assistance (including state and local educational agencies) must not discriminate services to individuals with disabilities. Many educators and family members were unaware that this law applied to public schools when it was enacted. -
THE EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1974
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XMndYNEGFA (P. L. 93-380) This amendment created two separate, but related laws. One was the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1974, which was the first to mention an appropriate education for all children with disabilities. The second law, the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, gave parents and students over the age of 18 the right to examine records kept in the student's personal file. -
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HENDRICK HUDSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT V. ROWLEY
This is the first special education case to land in the U.S. Supreme Court. The court ruled that the students who qualify for special education services must have access to public school programs that meet their needs, and that the programs must be supported by services that enable students to benefit from instruction. -
THE AMERICAN WITH DISABILITY ACT
The American with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights law that prohibits, under certain circumstances, discrimination based on disability. In this law, disability is defined as, "a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity." Rules and regulations for students with disabilities start to become more commonplace in school districts.
George W. Bush signed this into law, but it is based on the previous Rehabilitation Act of 1973. -
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT OF 2001
(Public Law 107-110) One of the main components of the modern day educational system, this act was signed into law in 2002. The Act requires states who are to receive federal funding, to develop assessments in basic skills to be given to all students in certain grades. All students, including students with disabilities, are to be proficient in math and reading by the year 2014.
NCLB is a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
