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Massachusetts Supreme Court upheld a student's expulsion because of poor academic performance
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The court denied an education to a student with cerebral palsy
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The US Supreme Court ruled that segregation based on race was unconstitutional
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The President's Panel on Mental Retardation spent a year busily gathering information, interpreting data, and debating solutions... At a meeting with the president on October 16, 1962, they presented more than 100 recommendations for a comprehensive federal approach to intellectual disabilities and urged him to "think and plan boldly."
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Signed by Lyndon B. Johnson, this act provided funding for education.
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An amendment a year after it was signed, allocated funds for students with disabilities.
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Required that students with disabilities receive accommodations.
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Signed by President Gerald Ford, this act required all schools that received public funds to provide equal access to education to students with disabilities.
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The court ruled that students who qualify for special education must have access in public schools to meet those needs.
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The ADA "is the nation's first comprehensive civil rights law addressing the needs of people with disabilities, prohibiting discrimination in employment, public services, public accommodations, and telecommunications."
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IDEA replaced EHA with updated revisions and amendments to provide students with disabilities programs that are "meaningful and measurable."
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Signed by President George W. Bush, was a reinstatement Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. It provided funds for disadvantaged students as well as Title I.
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IDEA allowed additional way to identify students with learning disabilities using programs like RTI.