Special Education Law By lealjoseph21 1954 Brown v. Board of Education (1954) https://www.wrightslaw.com/law/art/history.spec.ed.law.htm 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) https://www.wrightslaw.com/law/art/history.spec.ed.law.htm 1970 PARC and Mills https://www.wrightslaw.com/law/art/history.spec.ed.law.htm 1972 Congressional Investigation (1972) https://www.wrightslaw.com/law/art/history.spec.ed.law.htm 1975 Public Law 94-142: The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 https://www.wrightslaw.com/law/art/history.spec.ed.law.htm 1975 Overrepresentation of Minority Children https://www.wrightslaw.com/law/art/history.spec.ed.law.htm 1975 Mislabeling and High Dropout Rates https://www.wrightslaw.com/law/art/history.spec.ed.law.htm 1976 African-American children are identified as having mental retardation https://www.wrightslaw.com/law/art/history.spec.ed.law.htm Period: 1998 to 1999 African-American children represented just 14.8 percent https://www.wrightslaw.com/law/art/history.spec.ed.law.htm 2004 Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 https://www.wrightslaw.com/law/art/history.spec.ed.law.htm