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Brown vs. BOE- Initiates separate is not equal, and parents of students with disabilities contend their students were not receiving an adequate education.
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Students with disabilities are still segregated from students without disabilities.
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Students with mild disabilities are beginning to be mainstreamed with students without disabilities, but the students with disabilities are only considered to be "visiting" the general ed class. Full inclusion into the classroom has not happened yet.
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Regular Education Initiative- Students with disabilities are not making adequate academic progress, and students with moderate to severe needs are not receiving any types of accomodations in the classroom.
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The inclusion movement within public schools begins.
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The reauthorization of IDEA services were extended to infants, toddlers, and preschool children aged 3
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Civil rights law that protects students who don't qualify for services but need accomodations such as extended time and small group testing.
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All students are held to high standards and instructed using state standards since they are taking state assessments.
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Results of IDEA Act of 2004
-more students are educated within general ed. classes
-more students with disabilities are employed
-more students with disabilities are attending collge
-All students have equal protection under the law
-IEP documents inform and guide the delivery of instruction