Special Education Timeline

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    Special Education Timeline

  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    Brown vs. Board of Education

    Ended segregation in schools
    Stated that segregation violated equal access to education and opportunity
  • Public Law 85-905

    Public Law 85-905

    Originally established captioned films for people who were deaf.
  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act

    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.
  • PARC vs. Pennsylvania

    PARC vs. Pennsylvania

    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.
  • Mills vs. Board of Education

    Mills vs. Board of Education

    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
  • FERPA

    FERPA

    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
  • Public Law 94-14

    Public Law 94-14

    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.
  • Education for All Handicapped Children Act

    Education for All Handicapped Children Act

    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.
  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

    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.
  • Americans with Disabilities Act

    Americans with Disabilities Act

    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.
  • No Child Left Behind Act

    No Child Left Behind Act

    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.