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The Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public schools went against the constitution.
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Helped fix misclassification of students in special education
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Provide state grants to help expand education programs for students with disabilities
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Since segregation was deemed unconstitutional, it also is unconstitutional to deny students with disabilities as education
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Prohibited discrimination against those with disabilities in programs that received federal funding
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Federal funding was provided to those who promised to education students with disabilities
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Parents were able to recover attorney fees if they won in a court case or hearing
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Student was denied special education services because the school felt his disability was "too severe" to benefit
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Added traumatic brain injury and autism as new categories of disability
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Reaction to the low academic achievement of American students
Began holding the government responsible for the gains for students academically -
