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Equal access to education is NOT a mandate for those students with a disability, but created a bureau of eduaction for the handicapped (now known as OSEP) and is the first step of many to come
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The courts take a stance in which students with disabilities have a right to equal access to the same education as that of their non-disabled peers.
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A national law that protects qualified individuals from discrimination based on their disability. This met with little fanfare and most educators are unaware of its existence.
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This law allows parents are to have access to all personally identifiable information that is either collected, maintained, or used by a school district regarding their child.
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Originally known as EAHCA (Education for All Handicapped Children Act). Later to be known as IDEA or P.L. 94-142. Mandates that all school districts educate students with disabilities. Prior to this law, no mandates were in place.
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The Handicapped Children's Protection Act is added.
This amendment makes it clear that parents and students have rights under Section 504 and EAHCA -
As part of its statutes, the ADA adopts section 504. This results in the increase in 504 plans in schools
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Amendments to this law require all students with disabilities to participate in state and district wide assessment.
Ammendment also requires that a general education teacher be a part of the IEP team. -
This law requires ALL students (including those with a disability) to be proficient in math and reading by 2014.
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Several changes from the 1997 reauthorization.
-Namely more accountability in the form of data collection
-School districts are now required to provide instruction and
intervention to keep students from requiring special education
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Signed by President Obama, this law requires that the use of the word "retarded" is replaced with the term intellectual disability.
