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US Supreme Court ruled that segregation of children due to race and color was deemed unconstitutional.
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Equal access to education excluding poverty status.
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Students with disabilities had the right to placed in public schools that met their individual educational needs, determined by evaluation processes.
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Students could be classified as “exceptional” learners.
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Congress launched an investigation to determine how many children with special education needs were not receiving adequate special education services.
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Law requiring all states to accept money from the federal government to provide equal education for children with disabilities including free school lunch.
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Some states were required to provide special education services to families of children born with disabilities from the time they are born.
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Law permitting parents of children with disabilities to input knowledge when implementing their child’s Individual Education Plan.
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Traumatic brain injury and autism were added as new disability categories.
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Several important amendments providing students with access to the same curriculum and states were given the authority move the age of a child diagnosed with“developmental delay” to ages 6-9 years old.
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Early intervention for students with special education needs, high standards of teachers, and allocate funds from special education to general education.
