Laws that changed special education

Brown V Board of Education

May 17, 1954

This is a Supreme Court case in which segregation within schools was now considered unconstitutional. This created the path for the inclusion of all students in schools

PARC v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Oct 8, 1971

This is where children with intellectual disabilities were given the right to a free public education.

Mills V. Board of Education of District of Columbia

Aug 1, 1972

This was an extension of the PARC court case. However now all children with disabilities were given rights to an equal education.

Education for All Handicapped Children Act, public law 94-142

Nov 29, 1975

This made it to where all public schools had to provide a Free Appropriate Public Education in the LRE.

Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Oct 30, 1990

This was the new EAHCA. This made it to were those with autism and traumatic brain injuries were added to the disability categories.

IDEA Amendments

Dec 3, 1997

Strengthened accountability, required measurable goals in IEPs, and promoted inclusion in general education settings.

No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA)

Jan 8, 2002

This made it to where all students including those with disabilities were required to take standardized tests in order to keep them accountable.

IDEA Reauthorization

Dec 3, 2004

This aligned IDEA with NCLB. It introduced Response to Intervention (RTI) as a way for identifying learning disabilities.

Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA)

Jan 9, 2009

Widened the definition of disability, made it to where more students qualified for protection under Section 504 and IDEA.

Endrew F. V. Dougals County School District

Mar 22, 2017

Supreme Court made it to where schools have to offer an IEP reasonable calculated to allow a child to make progress and not just minimal benefit.