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Brown v. Board of Education
This first groundbreaking law in education allowed children of African-American decent go to school with children of European descent and made segregated schools illegal as the children that were put through that had a huge effect on them emotionally, mentally, and the way their education was affected. After this decision was made it paved the way for other lawsuits for other people that were discriminated against such as children with disabilities. -
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act extended
starting in 1966 the act was amended started to expand the program to also include students that were handicapped, so they could have the same resources as the other kids.
this program was then replaced by another act called Education of the Handicapped Act. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
This act addressed the inequality of educational opportunity for underprivileged children
This helped further the legislation that ensured that disadvantaged children had access to education. -
PARC and Mills
These cases dealt with the children with mental retardation that were being excluded from public schools. -
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PARC and Mills
for the first two years of the 70s. Congress launched an investigation into the status of the education of disabilities. During these investigations, Congress found that millions of children were not receiving an appropriate education.
Following the investigation lead by congress, there were 5 laws that were passed. -
Free and Appropriate Public Education Act
The Free and Appropriate Public Education Act or FAPE, is an act that protects the rights of individuals with disabilities in programs and activities that have financial assistance from the federal government. -
The Rehabilitation Act
is an Amendment to FAPE it adds on to FAPE and prohibits discrimination in federal employment and in the employment practices of federal contractors. -
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act or FERPA is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. -
Education of All Handicapped Children Act
Enacted by the United States Congress in 1975 to require all public schools that accept federal funds to provide equal access to education for children with physical and mental disabilities. -
Burlington School Committee v. Department of Education
A case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on April 29, 1985, ruled that under the EAHCA now IDEA], parents could be reimbursed for unilaterally placing their child in a private school after they disagreed with the individualized education program (IEP) that public school officials had designed. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children. -
No Child Left Behind Act
This law reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; it included Title I provisions applying to disadvantaged students.
