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Brown vs. Board laid the foundation for what would become today as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. -
This act provided federal funding for schools with underprivileged families to help close the gap in education. This act later gave a start and basis for early special education legislation. -
This lawsuit required schools to included excluded children who they considered mentally handicapped. Law also required schools to provide a quality education for all mentally handicapped children. -
Mills v. Board of Education of District of Columbia stated that all exceptional students have rights to safeguards when it comes to discipline like explosion and suspension. -
This law gave rights to students to have equal opportunities for students and individuals with disabilities. Many students today have 504 plans, this is where that term is from. -
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act was an amendment made that gave free eduction for all students. This amendment also set up FERPA gave parents to look at their student's schooling records. -
This law gave all handicapped students the right to education provided by the state and local school agencies. This law was reinstated and revitalized into the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). -
This lawsuit and law was created to protect students like Amy Rowley. This lawsuit follow the 1975 Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Rowley is deaf and was not provided a sign interpreter for school. Rowley challenged this act to get clarification on what should and should not be provided through the act. -
This act was originally named the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments for 1990. The named was changed to Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This expanded the previous program of the amendments by adding technology assistants and services as well as added traumatic brain injury as a disability. -
This amendment made sure that all children, not matter the disability would received an education. This education would assessed and changed to meet a student's individual needs.