Special Education Law Timeline

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  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education
    Students from racially/ethnically diverse backgrounds were segregated from their white peers. Racially diverse students were retained from education to give them the skills to be successful in life. Civil rights activates targeted segregation up until 1954 (enacted), the U.S. Supreme Court ordered defendants in the case Brown v. Board to desegregate by race.
    Turnbull, A., Turnbull, R., Wehmeyer, M. L., & Shogren, K. A. (2016). Exceptional lives, eighth edition.(pp. 59-61). Pearson .

  • PARC v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Mills v. Board of Education

    PARC v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Mills v. Board of Education
    In (1971) enacted, advocates for students with disabilities moved federal courts in the Mills v. Washington to order Pennsylvania and district of Colombia to provide students with disabilities a free and appropriate education in the same schools as children without an disability.
    Turnbull, A., Turnbull, R., Wehmeyer, M. L., & Shogren, K. A. (2016). Exceptional lives, Special education in today's schools, eighth edition. (pp. 10). Pearson .

  • The Rehabilitation Act

    The Rehabilitation Act
    In (1973) enacted, President Nixon passed the Rehabilitation Act which protected and provided services for students with disabilities. Section 504 prohibits discrimination on the basis of physical or mental disability in programs receiving federal funds (Willis, 2014).
    Willis, R. (2014, Oct. 27). 40 years ago: the rehabilitation act of 1973 passed. Retrieved from Resources library: http://nlihc.org/article/40-years-ago-rehabilitation-act-1973-passed

  • EACHA is turned into IDEA

    EACHA is turned into IDEA
    EAHCA is remained to IDEA.

  • EAHCA

    EAHCA
    U.S. Congress (1975) enacted, Education Of All Handicapped Students Act was intended to open up schools to all students with disabilities and ensure they had the chance to benefit from education (Turnbull, Turnbull, Wehmeyer, & Shogren, 2016).
    Turnbull, A., Turnbull, R., Wehmeyer, M. L., & Shogren, K. A. (2016). Exceptional lives, Special education in today's schools, eighth edition. In Today's mutliculture, bllingual, and diverse schools (pp. 59-61). Pearson .

  • IDEA

    IDEA
    In (1990) enacted IDEA was to provide individuals with nay learning, mental, or/and physical disability the equal opportunity to learn. IDEA provided proper use of an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) (Sprayberry, 2015)
    Sprayberry, T. L. (2015, Mar 1). The impact of i.d.e.a for students with disabilities and education equality: 40 years later. Retrieved from Huff Post: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/trisha-lynn-sprayberry/idea-for-students-with-disabilities_b_6312830.html

  • ADA

    ADA
    Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) enacted, which is similar to the Rehabilitation Act. "They provide that no otherwise qualified individuals with a disability shall, solely by reason of the disability, be discriminated against in certain realms of American life" (Turnbull, Turnbull, Wehmeyer, & Shogren, 2016).
    Turnbull, A., Turnbull, R., Wehmeyer, M. L., & Shogren, K. A. (2016). Exceptional lives, Special education in today's schools, eighth edition. (pp.27). Pearson .

  • IDEA Reauthorized

    IDEA Reauthorized
    In (1997) enacted, requires students with disabilities to be included in state wide assessments and also, requires teacher to be part of the IEP team (Education/, 2001) .
    Education/, U. D. (2001, Oct.). Individuals with disabilities education act (IDEA) 1997/services to parentally placed private school students with disabilities. Retrieved from U.S. Department of Education: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oii/nonpublic/idea1.html

  • No Child Left Behind

    No Child Left Behind
    From the website Fair Test "The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is a federal law that provides money for extra educational assistance for poor children in return for improvements in their academic progress. NCLB is the most recent version of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act." (Fair Test,2008)
    What is the "no child left behind" law? (2008, Jan. 4). Retrieved from Fair test: https://www.fairtest.org/what-no-child-left-behind-law

  • IDEIA

    IDEIA
    Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (2004) also known as the 2004 law enacted, purpose is to ensure every student with a disability benefits from an education, no matter their age or type of disability.
    Turnbull, A., Turnbull, R., Wehmeyer, M. L., & Shogren, K. A. (2016). Exceptional lives, Special education in today's schools, eighth edition. In Today's mutliculture, bllingual, and diverse schools (pp. 59-61). Pearson .