-
Supreme Court rules that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional
Began the movement of equality in education -
Provided state federal money to states in order to improve opportunities for students who were disadvantaged (including children with disabilities)
-
Helped fix misclassification of students in special education
IQ tests were not biased and were given in the language appropriate for the student -
Required schools to provide a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
-
Federal funding was provided to those who promised to education students with disabilities
Started requiring schools to develop an Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
Established procedural safeguards -
Parents were able to recover attorney fees if they won in a court case or hearing
-
Student was denied special education services because the school felt his disability was "too severe" to benefit
Led to Zero-rejection policy
Schools could not deny a child special education services, no matter how severe their disabilities are -
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 -
Changed the IEP team and added new components
Reorganized the structure of IDEA
Began requiring states to offer intervention efforts to parents before due process hearings -
Gave a definition to "highly qualified" special education teacher
encouraged the use of the RTI model in classrooms
Removed short term goals in IEP's except for those with severe disabilities -
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 not?
Ruled in favor a higher standard of education for students with disabilities
