Special Education By devine92 1940 Early Special Education Programs https://www.alleducationschools.com/blog/history-of-special-education/ May 17, 1954 Brown vs Board of Education https://www.wrightslaw.com/law/art/history.spec.ed.law.htm Apr 11, 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 https://blog.ed.gov/2015/04/what-is-esea/ 1970 PARC and Mills https://disabilityjustice.org/right-to-education/ 1972 Congressional Investigation https://www.wrightslaw.com/bks/lawbk/ch3.history.pdf Nov 19, 1975 Public Law 94-142: The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/idea35/history/index_pg10.html Dec 3, 2004 Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 https://sites.ed.gov/idea/ Aug 14, 2006 Aligning IDEA and NCLB https://sites.ed.gov/idea/files/Alignment_with_NCLB_2-2-07.pdf