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Supreme Court rules that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. -
Provided state federal money to state in order to improve opportunities for students who were disadvantage (including children with disabilities) -
Provide state grants to help expand education programs for students with disabilities.
Federal government money was given to schools to help train special education teachers. -
Since segregation was deemed unconstitutional, it also is unconstitutional to deny students with disabilities an education. -
Prohibited discrimination against those with disabilities in programs that received federal funding -
Federal funding was provided to those who promised to education students with disabilities.
Started required schools to develop an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) -
Student was denied special services because the school felt disability was "too severe" to benefit.
Led to zero-rejection policy
Schools could not deny a child special education services, no matter how severe their disabilities are. -
Changed IEP team and added new components
Reorganized the structure of IDEA
Began requiring states to offer intervention -
Gave a definition to "highly qualified" special education teacher.
Encouraged the use of the RTI model in classrooms.
Removed short term goals in IEP's except for those with severe disabilities. -
Ruled in favor a higher standard of education for students with disabilities.
Parents sued schools for tuition to a private school because the school was unable to provide a "meaningful education"