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Signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, Title III of ESEA mandated educational programming even when school was not in session, and it provided for special education and related services in isolated or rural areas.
Because of this schools in low poverty areas have special education and related services. -
Section 504 prohibits organizations and employers from excluding or denying individuals with disabilities an equal opportunity to receive program benefits and services. It defines the rights of individuals with disabilities to participate in, and have access to, program benefits and services. -
Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education. FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their children's education records. These rights transfer to the student when he or she reaches the age of 18 or attends a school beyond the high school level. -
This law required all states that accepted money from the federal government were required to provide equal access to education for children with disabilities, in addition to providing them with one free meal per day.
Now children with disabilities are able to attend regular public schools to receive their education. -
This law gave parents of children with disabilities more say in the development of their child’s Individual Education Plan, or IEP.
With this law parents are able to help educators, therapists and other professionals develop the best plan that will allow their child to receive an education that is tailored to their needs and abilities. -
This act ensures the right of individuals with disabilities to nondiscriminatory treatment in other aspects of their lives. It provides protections of civil rights in the specific areas of employment, transportation, public accommodations, state and local government, and telecommunications.
With this law, individuals with disabilities are able to have gainful employment, and be accommodated on city transportation. -
On Jan. 8, 2002 President George Bush signed NCLB into law. Under NCLB, most students with disabilities are to take standard tests of academic achievement and achieve at a level equal to students without disabilities.
This law allows certain students to partake in standardized test to evaluate their understanding of the material they have been taught. -
The goal of this act is to provide assistive technology to people with disabilities, so they are able to fully participate in education, employment, and daily activities on the same level as the people in the community without disabilities. -
This act ensures that all children and youth with disabilities have a right to free, appropriate, public education (FAPE).
Under this act students are taught in classrooms that are inclusive, and they receive services that will be beneficial in helping them succeed in school and in the community. -
The court decided that all educational programs must provide more than the bare minimum education to students. This case made sure that students with disabilities receive the same "life guiding" material/ content as their peers who don't have disabilities.
