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This law passed in 1958 authorized funds for professional staff to train teachers of children with mental retardation.
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This law authorized funds for professional staff to train teachers of children with deafness.
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Congress passed the first federal special education law. That law, called the Education of All Handicapped Children Act (EHA) or Public Law 94-142, established the right of school-aged students with disabilities to receive what Congress called a “free appropriate public education” or, as it’s known, FAPE
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To assure all handicapped children have available to them.. a free appropriate public education and related services designed to meet their own needs, to assure that the rights of handicapped children and their parents or guardians are protected, to assist States and localities to provide for the education of all handicapped children, and to assess and assure the effectiveness of efforts to educate handicapped children.
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Mandated services for preschoolers with disabilities ages 3-5. Permitted early intervention services for infants and toddlers from birth through age 2 with developmental delays or disabilities. Individualized family service plan (IFSP) established for infants and toddlers. “Developmentally delayed” label created.
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The Tech Act authorized federal funds to be granted to the states to create statewide systems for delivering assistive technology and technology service to individuals with disabilities. This law helped states help meet people's needs.
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This public law forbids discrimination against persons with disabilities in both the public and private sectors.
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No Child Left Behind is the reauthorization of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The goal of this law is that all children will be proficient in basic skills by 2014. School districts are required to work toward meeting the goal through the benchmarks outlined in adequate yearly progress (AYP). Children are to be taught by “highly qualified” teachers who utilize methods and materials that are based in scientific research.
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While educational services and supports have come a long way since 1975, Congress' intent in 2004 was that the IDEA move even further by raising expectations so that "to the maximum extent possible, students with disabilities meet the challenging expectations set for all children."
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Reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 (ESEA).
This new education law was signed by President Obama on December 10, 2015 and reauthorized the 50 year old Elementary and Secondary Education Act. ESSA includes provisions that will help to ensure success for students and schools building on the previous No Child Left Behind Act.
