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Brown v. Board of Education
The U.S. Supreme Court declared that separating children by race in schools was unconstitutional. It ruled in favor of ending racial segregation in schools, overruling the "separate but equal" principle set in 1896. -
Civil Rights Act
Ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination based on race, color religion, sex, or national origin. The Civil Rights Act is known as one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement. -
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The first right to education suit to overturn the Pennsylvania law and secured quality education for all children, resulting in the state agreeing to provide public education for children with mental retardation. -
Mills v. The Board of Education of the District of Columbia
Judge
Waddy declared that the school board must provide 4 named class representative with publicly funded federal education, identify all members of the Mills class and provide them with public education, lastly increase funding for special education programs and teachers. -
Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973
It was the first disability civil rights law to be enacted in the United States. It prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in programs that receive federal funding. Section 504 helps protect children and adults with disabilities from exclusion and unequal treatment in schools, jobs, and the community. -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
This act required to provide equal access to education and one free meal a day for children with physical and/or mental disabilities. Public schools were required to evaluate handicapped children and create an education plan with the parents input trying to make it as close as an education plan of a student without disabilities. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
Civil rights law that prohibits discrimination to individuals with disabilities in public life, jobs, schools, transportation, and public and private places that are open to the general public.
The law is enforced to make sure people with disabilities have equal rights and opportunities as everyone else. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act replaced the Education of the Handicapped Act. It states that children with disabilities are entitled to a free appropriate pubic education. Each child's education will be planned and monitored with an individualized education program or an individualized family service plan. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997
The act requires every state to have in effect policies and procedures to ensure a free appropriate public education (FAPE) for all students with disabilities. students with disabilities places in private schools will be placed under the IDEA part B which provides benefits to the student. -
Every Student Succeeds Act
ESSA makes sure public schools provide quality education for all students. It tells states how to account for student achievement including disadvantage students. The students are divided into four groups; students in poverty, minorities, students who receive special education and those with limited English language skills.
