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This national law protects qualified individuals from discrimination based on their disability. Most educators did not know this applied to public schools.
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This was also known as P.L. 94-142. Today we know this law as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). EAHCA, along with key Supreme Court cases, mandated all school districts to educate students with disabilities.
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One of the biggest changes was the addition of transition services for students with disabilities. School Districts were now required to look at outcomes and assisting students with disabilities in transitioning from high school to postsecondary life.
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ADA adopts the Section 504 regulations as part of the ADA statute. In turn, numerous “504 Plans” for individual students start to become more common place in school districts.
