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Children with disabilities were excluded form the classroom. They were seen as distractions, and therefore stayed home, or were expelled for poor academics.
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Court case ruled “understanding that all people, regardless of race, gender, or disability, have a right to a public education” (Esteves & Rao, 2008)
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School Districts were able to choose to participate in teaching SPED in their schools. No extra funding provided yet to accommodate SPED.
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ESEA “schools began receiving federal monies for public education. A year later, an amendment to the act set aside funds specifically for students with disabilities” (Esteves & Rao, 2008).
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It“stated that a person with a disability cannot be excluded or denied benefit from any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance, either public or private” (Esteves & Rao, 2008).
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“President Gerald Ford signed the EAHCA, currently known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)” (Esteves & Rao, 2008).
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Court case ruling that “students who qualify for special education services must have access to public school programs that meet
their unique educational needs, and that the programs must be supported by services that enable students to benefit from instruction” (Esteves & Rao, 2008). -
Revisions made were “Traumatic brain injury and autism were added as new disability categories” “part of a student’s IEP, an individual transition plan, or ITP, must be developed to help the student transition to post-secondary life” ("Timeline of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)").
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"The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public" (2019).
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Pres. Clinton reauthorized IDEA. All students have “access to the same curriculum, expand the “developmental delay” definition from birth through five years of age to also include students between the ages of six and nine” ("Timeline of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)").
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With NCLB “special education should continue
to focus on producing results” (Esteves & Rao, 2008). SPED teachers have higher standards to be held to, in order to “focus less on procedural compliance and more on results” (Esteves & Rao, 2008). -
Esteves, K. J., & Rao, S. (2008, November/December). The Evolution of Special Education. Retrieved March 26, 2019, from https://www.naesp.org/sites/default/files/resources/1/Principal/2008/N-Oweb2.pdf Timeline of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). (n.d.). Retrieved from https://educationonline.ku.edu/community/idea-timeline What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)? (2019, March 26). Retrieved from https://adata.org/learn-about-ada
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Esteves, K. J., & Rao, S. (2008, November/December). The Evolution of Special Education. Retrieved March 26, 2019, from https://www.naesp.org/sites/default/files/resources/1/Principal/2008/N-Oweb2.pdf Timeline of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). (n.d.). Retrieved from https://educationonline.ku.edu/community/idea-timeline What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)? (2019, March 26). Retrieved from https://adata.org/learn-about-ada