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Supreme Court rules that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional
Began the movement of equality in education -
state federal money to states in order to improve opportunities for students who were disadvantaged
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Helped fix misclassification of students in special education, IQ tests were not biased and were given in the language appropriate for the student
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Provide state grants to help expand education programs for students with disabilities plus federal government gave money to schools to help train special education teachers better
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Required schools to provide a Free Appropriate Public Education.
Appropriate meaning all students with get the education they are needing. -
Since segregation was deemed unconstitutional, it also is unconstitutional to deny students with disabilities as education
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Prohibited discrimination against those with disabilities in programs that received federal funding
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Added traumatic brain injury and autism as new categories of disability, Transition element for students age 16 or older was added
"People first" language began -
Reaction to the low academic achievement of American students
Began holding the government responsible for the gains for students academically, Standardized testing began
Very controversial law due to many not agreeing -
Parents sued school for tuition to a private school because the school was unable to provide a meaningful education, Confusion with terminology in courts led to a debate of what schools are required to provide, Specify standards or no, Ruled in favor a higher standard of education for students with disabilities
