Idea

Rachel Blagg- IDEA Timeline Project

By rblagg

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    States that it is unconstitutional to segregate education by race.

  • PL 85-905, (Captioned Films Act of 1958)

    This is the public law that established captioned films for the deaf.

  • Public Law 85-926

    This law provided funds to train teachers in the education of the mentally handicapped.

  • Training of Professional Personnel Act

    This public law helped train instructional personnel that were teaching deaf or hard of hearing students.

  • PL 88-164 "Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Health Centers Construction Act of 1963

    "to provide assistance in combating mental retardation through grants for construction of research centers and grants for facilities for the mentally retarded and assistance in improving mental health through grants for construction of community mental health centers, and for other purposes."
    Sources-https://catalog.archives.gov/id/299883

  • The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

    Equal access to education and federal funding for poverty ridden students.

  • Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens v. Commonwealth

    This allowed students with disabilities to be put in publicly funded schools that met them and their individual needs based on evaluations.

  • Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia case

    This law made it illegal to deny individuals that have mental and learning disabilities

  • Congressional Investigation of 1972

    This investigation was the congress trying to figure out all the areas that special education was being underserved. The results were astonishing, according to "educationonline.ku.edu" there were 2.5 million students receiving substandard education and 1.75 million weren't in school. In my opinion this was one of the biggest pushes that led to the IDEA Act in 1975.

  • The Education for All Handicapped Children Act (PL94-142)

    This law requires public schools that receive federal funds has to provide equal access to all students with disabilities.
  • IDEA

    IDEA

    President General Ford signed the IDEA law into affect.

  • Public Law 99-457

    This law approved the help of disabled children from the time they were born instead of when they turned three.

  • Handicapped Children's Early Education Assistance Act

    This gave families more say in their students IEP's.

  • The Handicapped Children’s Protection Act

    This law was set out to enhance the EHA.It would provide the payment of legal fees if the family successfully sued.

  • Public Law 101-476

    This law called for big changes to the PL 94-142. Brain injuries and autism were added as new categories,

  • Students with Disabilities and Postsecondary School

    This law forbid discrimination in schools based on the students disabilities. While postsecondary schools are not required to provide free public education, this law made sure that they offer academic adjustment and accessible housing.

  • The Education for all Handicapped Children’s Act

    President Clinton reauthorized IDEA which focused on providing all students with the same curriculum.

  • The Assistive Technology Act

    This law states that a school needs to provide assistive technology so they can participate more in education and daily activities.

  • No Child Left Behind

    This law promoted the accountability of the schools academic progress. Assessing the students on national standards.

  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004

    This increased the accountability and made all teachers involved having to be highly qualified.

  • Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA)

    This reauthorized the ESEA act of 1965.