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Brown v. Board of Education
This case ended segergation in schools. Public schools were required by law to allow both black and white students in the same school. -
P.A.R.C v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
This highlighted some of the laws that were called to be unconstitutional that denied a free and public education to children with mental disabilities. -
Mills v. Board of Education of District of Columbia
A lawsuit involving several students who were not getting the same education due to race. -
Rehabilitation Act Section 504
This is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination towards people with special needs -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA)
This act requires all schools the recieve federal funds to provide equal education and one meal a day for students with disabilities. -
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Civil rights that prohibits discrimination based on a disability -
Individuals with Disabilities Act
This replace the Education of the Hanicapped Act says that every student that has a disability must recieve a free public education and each education must be planned and watched. -
IDEA Reauthorization
Children with disabilities who were placed in private school were now able to recieve benefits. -
No Child Ledt Behind
This required schools receiving federal funds to develop assessments in basic skills, and all student were required to be assessed at a select grade level. -
IDEA 2004
Civil rights were guaranteed to students with disabilities. It also made some important changes to the law. Schools were also required to have special education teachers who were highly qualified. -
The Every Studet Suceeds Act (ESSA)
For the first time all students were required to be taught based off high standards that will prepare them to succeed in their futures.
