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Supreme Court rules that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.
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Provided state federal money to states in order to improve opportunities for disabled or disadvantaged students
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It provided state grants to help expand education programs for students with disabilities.
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Helped fix misclassification of students in special education
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Required schools to provide a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
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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 and it also started requiring schools to develop an Individualized Education Plan (IEP.)
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ESY is available to children with disabilities.
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Schools could not deny a child special education services, no matter how severe their disabilities are.
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This added traumatic brain injury and autism as new categories of disability as well as transition element for students age 16 or older was added.
