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Brown v. Board of Education
At this time schools were still segregated. After this case education was viewed as a fundamental function of the government that should be equal and affordable to everyone. This was just the beginning of major change. Once citizens knew the possibility of equal eduction they were influenced to speak for children with disabilities. If this act wouldn't have been implemented it may have took a lot longer for children to began receiving equal eduction that still continues today. -
Captioned Films Acts
Public Law 85-905 provided captioned films for Deaf. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare gained the responsibility of providing loan services for film makers to make these types of films. This law granted deaf persons the right to understand and appreciate educational and cultural films in the same way as hearing persons. Captioned Films Acts allows deaf persons to gain education through film. Children in all grades continue to benefit heavily from this la to this day. -
Training of Professional Personal Act
Training of Professional Personal Act (PL 86-158) helped train program administrators and teachers of children with disabilities. In the 1950s and 1960s, family associations began forming & advocating for the rights of children with disabilities. This act was one of the governments first responses to this, by allocating funds to develop methods of working with children with disabilities. Children k-12 benefit heavily from this act today, by having teachers that are properly trained. -
Teachers of the Deaf Act
This was the second act that provided training for professionals and teachers who worked with students that had disabilities. Specifically, this act worked to provide training for teachers to work with deaf or hard of hearing students. Before, acts like these started developing many of our nations children were receiving unfair education, if any at all. This act limits the gap for children ages k-12 who are hard of hearing. -
PARC v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
One of this first cases that somewhat provided equal education to students with disabilities. However, it did not include all ages. The act required that free education be provided to children with intellectual disabilities ages 6-21. It also gave parents the right to partake in decisions involving their children. PARC v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the primary foundation that secures children with disabilities receive equal education with not cost. -
Mills v. Board of Education
Built ON the PARC v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by extending all ages to receive free eduction. It is also responsible for ensuring that students with disabilities receive specialized instruction. Failure to provide students with this instruction was stripping them of equal education resulting back to Brown v. Bored of Education. This act continues to ensure that children are given the correct resources needed to succeed despite behavioral issues their disability may influence. -
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation act was the first civil rights law to be enacted in the United States. This act set the stage for the American with Disabilities ACT. Section 504 works with ADA and IDEA to protect children and adults with disabilities by prohibiting discrimination against people with disabilities in programs that receive federal financial assistance. Section 504 continues to protect students ages k-12 from unequal treatment in schools, jobs and the community. -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
This act is the first form of IDEA that we see. Worked to protect the rights and individual needs for infants, toddlers children and youth with disabilities. Required individual educational plans for students with disabilities to be made and granted the students access to the least restrictive environment that allowed the maximum opportunity for non-impaired student interaction. It also worked to provide parents the ability to dispute decisions made about their children. -
Individuals with Disabilities Act
IDEA is a reformation of the Education for Handicapped Children Act (1975). In 1990 Amendments were passed changing the name to IDEA. IDEA was also revised in 1997 and 2004, but overall does the following; ensures that students with disabilities receive special education, are prepared for employment and independent living, have protection under the law, and provides assistance to agencies that provide eduction to children with disabilities. -
No Child Left Behind Act
The No Child Left Behind Act was a reform of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Overall, the act worked to provide quality education for children with disability's by including; assessment accommodations, measurable annual objectives , training for teachers, and many funding opportunities to assist these implications. This act being considerably "new" continues to provide students with disabilities grades k-12 equal access to the best education possible. -
Works Cited
*Dredf. “Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.” Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, 25 Apr. 2018, dredf.org/legal-advocacy/laws/section-504-of-the-rehabilitation-act-of-1973/.
*“What Is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?” What Is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act? | DO-IT, 30 Apr. 2019, www.washington.edu/doit/what-individuals-disabilities-education-act. -
Works Cited
*Rhodes, et al. “25 Year History of the IDEA.” Home, 27 July 2007, www2.ed.gov/policy/speced/leg/idea/history.html.
*“Public Law 85-905.” Public Law 85-905, 2020, dcmp.org/learn/212-public-law-85-905.
*Hayes, Kathryn J. “Ensuring That Students with Disabilities Receive a High-Quality Education:The No Child Left Behind Act.” Home, 29 Jan. 2018, www2.ed.gov/policy/speced/leg/nclb-dis.html. -
Works Cited
*Glavin, Chris. “History of Special Education in the US.” History of Special Education in the US | K12 Academics, 6 Feb. 2014, www.k12academics.com/special-education-united-states/history-special-education-us.
