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The Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons, the first permanent school for deaf Americans, opened on April 15, 1817, in Hartford, Connecticut.
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PARC sued the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for a state law that allowed public schools to deny education to certain children, those who had not “attained a mental age of 5 years”.
The judge ordered the district to:
*Provide accessible, free, and suitable education for all children of school age regardless of disability or impairment.
*Not suspend a child for more than 2 days without a hearing.
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Mills expanded the impact of the P.A.R.C. case beyond children with developmental disabilities. Courts ruled it a “duty to provide a publicly supported education to each resident of the District of Columbia who is capable of benefiting from such instruction”. The Court held that no child could be denied a public education because of “mental, behavioral, physical or emotional handicaps or deficiencies.”
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When it was passed in 1975, P.L. 94-142 guaranteed a free appropriate public education to each child with a disability. This law had a dramatic, positive impact on millions of children with disabilities in every state and each local community across the country.
The term "specific learning disabilities" is added as a category.
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Significant changes were made to PL 94-142.
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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 were signed into law on June 4, 1997.This Act strengthens academic expectations and accountability for the nation's 5.8 million children with disabilities and bridges the gap that has too often existed between what children with disabilities learn and what is required in regular curriculum.
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Four pillars within the bill:
Accountability: to ensure disadvantaged students achieve academic proficiency.
Flexibility: Allows school districts flexibility in how they use federal education funds
Research-based education: Emphasizes educational programs and practices that have been proven effective through scientific research.
Parent options: Increases the choices to the parents of students attending Title I schools. -
Video presentation on specific points in the law
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX1n3Sgge9c
Video explaining IDEA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XMndYNEGFA
