Special Education Major Legislation

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Desegregation of schools. Parents of students with disabilities were able to argue their students were not receiving an adequate education as well.
  • Segregation of Special Education Students

  • SWDs are mainstreamed with students without disabilities

  • Regular Education Initiative (REI)

  • Reauthorization of IDEA

    Extended services to infants, toddlers, and preschool aged children.
  • NCLB of 2001

    Under the No Child Left Behind legislation students with mild disabilities are required to be taught and tested under based on the state standards and curriculum.
  • IDEA Improvement Act of 2004

    More SWDs are educated with their non-disabled peers.

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