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Public Law 88-164
Authorized funds for training professionals to work with children with special needs and for research and demonstration for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and deafness -
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
Individuals with disabilities must have equal access to programs and services. -
Public Law 94-142
Education for All Handicapped Children
Took effect in 1977, was designed "to assure that all handicapped children have available to them a free appropriate public education unique needs" -
Public Law 99-457
Provided that opportunity by allocating federal funds for the states to develop plans and programs for children and their families from birth on. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
Extends the civil rights to persons with disabilities. These rights are guaranteed without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, or religion through the Civil Rights Act of 1964. -
Public Law 107-110: No Child Left Behind Act
Has impact on all schoolchildren and a special impact on children with disabilities. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Reauthorization of public law 94-142. Designed to strengthen and improve earlier versions. Major changes were quality of personnel, IEP Planning, Transition planning. -
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Infants and toddlers with disabilities from birth to age 2 received $500 million in federal funds, and children ages 3 to 5 were provided $400 million in federal funds.