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Supreme Court rules that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional
Began the movement of equality in education -
Provided state federal money to states in order to improve opportunities for students who were disadvantaged (including children with disabilities)
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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 better -
Helped fix misclassification of students in special education
IQ tests were not biased and were given in the language appropriate for the student -
Required schools to provide a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
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Since segregation was deemed unconstitutional, it also is unconstitutional to deny students with disabilities as education
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Prohibited discrimination against those with disabilities in programs that received federal funding
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Included rights from PARC v. Commonwealth of PA and Mills v. Board of Education in law
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Federal funding was provided to those who promised to education students with disabilities
Started requiring schools to develop an Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
Established procedural safeguards -
Parents of student noticed their children in special education began to regress during summer break
Ruled in favor of plantiffs and brought forth the extended school year
ESY is available to children with disabilities