Special Education Law Timeline

  • Brown V. Board of Education

    The U.S. Supreme court declared that racial segregation in educational facilities was unconstitutional. This paved the way for a new understanding of race, gender, and disability.
  • Diana V. State Board of Education

    This law allowed students with foreign languages to take tests in those said languages. It also prevented students to be placed in classrooms based on culturally biased IQ tests.
  • Mills V. Board of Education of the District of Columbia

    Allowed all students to receive public education that matched their needs in Pennsylvania.
  • Larry P. V. Riles

    This law determined that IQ tests were not completely reliable when it came to determining which students needed attention and which didn't.
  • Daniel R.R. v. State Board of Education

    This law allowed students with disabilities the right to be included in both academic and extracurricular activities.
  • Agostini v. Felton

    Parochial Schools opened the doors to special educators to teach in.
  • Schaffer v. Weast

    This law involved the burden of proof and determined if the parents of a child had to establish if their child's IEP is inappropriate or if the school dictates if it is.
  • Winkelman v. Parma City School District

    Allowed parents to represent their children and established rights from IDEA to parents as well.
  • Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools

    The Handicapped Children's Act from 1986 was re-evaluated and determined to not command exhaustion of state-level remedies.
  • Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District

    Determined under the IDEA principles that students with disabilities deserved a lot more benefits than previously established.