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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.
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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.
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Allowed all students to receive public education that matched their needs in Pennsylvania.
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This law determined that IQ tests were not completely reliable when it came to determining which students needed attention and which didn't.
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This law allowed students with disabilities the right to be included in both academic and extracurricular activities.
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Parochial Schools opened the doors to special educators to teach in.
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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.
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Allowed parents to represent their children and established rights from IDEA to parents as well.
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The Handicapped Children's Act from 1986 was re-evaluated and determined to not command exhaustion of state-level remedies.
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Determined under the IDEA principles that students with disabilities deserved a lot more benefits than previously established.