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Brown vs.Board of Education
School children from four states argued that segregated public school were unequal and that African Americans had as right as an opportunity for equal education. The Supreme Court agreed and made education equal. -
Civil Rights Movement Act
The Act outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, required equal access to public places and employment, and enforced desegregation of schools and the right to vote. -
Elementary and Secondary Education
A program created by the United States Department of Education to distribute funding to schools and school districts with a high percentage of students from low-income families -
Mill vs. The Board of Education
A lawsuit filed against the District of Columbia in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The court ruled that students with disabilities must be given a public education even if the students are unable to pay for the cost of the education. The case established that all children are entitled to free public education and training appropriate to their learning capacities -
Equal Educational Opportunities Act
EEOA of 1974 is a federal law of the United States of America. It prohibits discrimination against faculty, staff, and students, including racial segregation of students, and requires school districts to take action to overcome barriers to students' equal participation -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
This act required all public schools accepting federal funds to provide equal access to education and one free meal a day for children with physical and mental disabilities. Public schools were required to evaluate children with disabilities and create an educational plan with parent input that would emulate as closely as possible the educational experience of non-disabled students. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
A civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. ADA disabilities include both mental and physical medical conditions. A condition does not need to be severe or permanent to be a disability -
No Child Left Behind Act
A United States Act of Congress that is a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which included Title I, the government's flagship aid program for disadvantaged students -
Reauthorization of IDEA
A United States law that mandates equity, accountability and excellence in education for children with disabilities.
