Special Education in Context Timeline

  • NC State Foundation

  • Volleyball Invention

    Invented by William G. Morgan
  • Chick Fil A Foundation

    First Chick Fil A was on May 23, 1946.
  • Public Law 86-158

    The Training of Professional Personnel Act of 1959 helped train leaders to educate children with mental retardation*.
  • Public Law 87-276

    Teachers of the Deaf Act trained instructional personnel for children who were deaf or hard of hearing.
  • Congressional Investigation of 1972

    Congress set out to uncover how many students with special education needs were under served.
  • Signing of Education for All Handicapped Children Act

    President Gerald Ford signed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, known as Public Law 94-142. The law required every state money from the federal government to be used to provide equal access to education or students with disabilites.
  • Public Law 99-457

    All Handicapped Children Act mandated that individual states provide services to families of children born with disability from the time they were born.
  • Ben & Jerry's Founding date

    in Burlington, VT
  • IDEA

    The Education for All Handicapped Children Act became the Individual with Disabilites Education Act.
  • Savannah's Brothers Birthday

  • Amend IDEA

    Congress amended IDEA by calling for early intervention for students, greater accountability, an improved educational outcomes, and raised the standards of instructors that teach special education.
  • FAPE

    Supreme Court ruled on a landmark case that defines the scope of FAPE requirements under IDEA.
  • High School Graduation