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A historical supreme court case that ended segregation by race declaring it unconstitutional. -
This act provided federal aid and protection to low-income students through various programs such as free and reduced lunch system to ensure all students had equal access to public education. This act would later be changed to the Education of the Handicapped Act (P.L. 91-230) with state run programs for individuals with disabilities. -
The first supreme court case that ruled and established that the state must provide adequate alternative education services to students with disabilities. This included special curriculums for the students, teacher with proper qualifications, and supplemental services for students with special needs. -
An act that defined both appropriate education and who a handicapped person is. It also made discrimination against disabled people unconstitutional in places, local or state organizations, that uses federal funding. -
An additional law added to the Education of the Handicapped Act required schools to ensure that all students regardless disability would receive a free and appropriate public education (FAPE). -
A supreme court case that ruled students with emotional or behavioral disorders could not be expelled from school if it's related to the disability. -
An act that ensured that all students with disabilities would receive appropriate education and special needs services. This act established the zero reject and "people-first" policy, due process, extended the types of special needs services, transition programs for age 16 and post school, bilingual education, and the individualized education program (IEP). Later, this act was improved (IDEIA) in 2004 and introduced response-to-intervention (RTI) model along with updated standards. -
This act adds on to the Vocational Rehabilitation (VRA) act by making it unconstitutional to discriminate against those with disabilities in a private sector, protects equal rights when it comes to things like employments or transportation, and adds AIDS as a disability. -
A supreme court case that ruled that students with special needs must be provided the supplemental services they require to attend school at no cost to the parents of the student. -
An act signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson that pushed to ensure that no child fell in the cracks of the public education system. This act increased public schools accountability and standards, allowed parents to choose the schools their child attended, and provided flexibility to the states on how to use federals education funding in schools. -
An act signed in by President Obama to replace the No Child Left Behind Act (2002). This act provided more flexibility to the states while ensuring equal opportunities to all students. -
A supreme court case that ruled that schools must provide a measurable and challenging instructional and or behavioral goals for students under IDEA. This is done using progress measuring systems that ensure these goals are met and documented.