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Ended segregation in schools
Stated that segregation violated equal access to education and opportunity -
Originally established captioned films for people who were deaf. -
Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, and later sexual orientation and gender identity.
It prohibited unequal application of voter registration requirements, racial segregation in schools and public accommodations, and employment discrimination. -
Pennsylvania was sued by the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC), over a law that gave public schools the authority to deny a free education to children who had reached the age of 8, yet had not reached the mental age of 5. -
The court claimed that the Board of Education had an obligation to provide education for all students, regardless of disability.
Required schools to provide services regardless of the availability to pay -
Protects the privacy of student education records
It gives parents or eligible students more control over their educational records,
Prohibits educational institutions from disclosing personal information in education record” without the written consent of an eligible student -
Formerly the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975.
Requires all schools receiving federal funding to provide for handicapped students by accommodating their special needs and providing them with fair and equal access to education. -
Enacted by the United States Congress in 1975 to require all public schools that accept federal funds to provide equal access to education for children with physical and mental disabilities. -
Also known as IDEA.
Made appropriate public education free to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation.
Ensures special education and related services to children with disabilities. -
Also known as ADA
Ensures the rights of people with disabilities to nondiscriminatory treatment.
Provides protection of civil rights.
Areas protected- employment, telecommunications, transportation, public accommodations, state government, and local government. -
It reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
It included Title I provisions applying to disadvantaged students.
It supported standards-based education reform.
It required states to develop assessments in basic skills.
On May 23, 2001 House of Representatives passed it
On June 14th of 2001 it was passed by the Senate
President Bush later signed it into law on January 8, 2002.