Special Education Timeline

  • Council for Exceptional Children founded by Ferrell and other Teachers

    Council for Exceptional Children founded by Ferrell and other Teachers

    This moment was the outline to the development of the special education as a notable profession.
  • Brown V. Board of Education

    Brown V. Board of Education

    One of the first and most critical moments in education. Brown V. Board of Education was a Supreme Court ruling that decreed all children have the right to equal and fair education regardless of skintone.
  • Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

    Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

    This act helped to ensure children had a chance to pursue their education regardless of financial status. These resources would help provide students with an equal learning opportunity.
  • Mills V. Board of Education

    Mills V. Board of Education

    As segregation was deemed unconstitutional it was then deemed unconstitutional to segregate students with disabilities from an education.
  • Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (1973)

    Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (1973)

    A legislation that ensures all students who qualify under a disability act receive free and appropriate public education. It also ensured that no discrimination or prohibition in programs that received federal funding.
  • Education for All Handicapped Children Act, P L 94-142

    Education for All Handicapped Children Act, P L 94-142

    Free appropriate public education (FAPE) for all students with disabilities across the country.
  • Hudson V. Rowley

    Hudson V. Rowley

    A ruling concluded in the decision that appropriate education does not mean a proper education. The case concluded that the school's refusal to provide an interpreter greatly diminished the student's ability to learn at a maximum capacity.
  • American with Disabilities Act (ADA)

    American with Disabilities Act (ADA)

    Non-discriminatory treatment. It was the turning point that required the inclusion of nondiscriminatory treatment as a civil rights law.
  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (I D E A)

    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (I D E A)

    The ratification of EHA became IDEA. Which gave all students with disabilities a right to free, appropriate public education at no cost on a daily basis.
  • No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)

    No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)

    A law that placed the responsibility of every student's education on the school boards. And moved to raise the school if their students did not show improvement, motivating the schools to implement various teaching methods and resources.
  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act

    Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act

    The ratification of IDEA works to provide federal aid to both local and state education agencies that are used to provide education and similar services to students with disabilities.
  • Endrew F. v. Douglas County School Dist.

    Endrew F. v. Douglas County School Dist.

    A Supreme Court case ruled in favor of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA ), enacting schools to provide more than the minimum to their students with disabilities.