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The supreme court ruled segregation of person with disabilities in public schools is unconstitutional. It also began the movement of equality within the education system. -
Provided federal funding to states in hopes of improving opportunities for students with disabilities and who were disadvantaged. This was important because they were able to fund the tools necessary for learning.
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Training was provided to teachers by federal government funding. Grants helped expand education programs for children with disabilities. This act was a great breakthrough, as teachers were able to get the training needed in order to better assist students with learning.
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IQ tests were no longer biased and given to the students at their appropriate learning level. Assisted with fixing misclassification of students in special education. Which was important because it gave children a better chance at taking the tests rather than giving them test that was not appropriate for their learning level. -
Deemed it unconstitutional to deny students with disabilities an education. This was immensely important because it gave disadvantaged students much more opportunity to learn in classroom settings.
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Federally funded programs could no longer discriminate against those with disabilities. At this point, it went even further than the school systems. It was not any program that is federally funded. -
This act was huge. Federal funding was now provided to those who promised they would educate students with disabilities. It required schools to create Individualized Education Plans for each student and established safe guards. This was a major breakthrough because not only are they being educated, they will now receive an individualized plan to help maximize their learning skills.
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During this time, a student was denied special education services because the school felt his disability was too sever to handle. This led to zero-rejection policy, meaning schools must provide special education services no matter how severe the disability is. I feel that this stopped the excuse of schools saying the child will not benefit. -
In 1990, the people first language began. Which meant that students are people before their disability. This gave the public a better understanding of which standpoint to take. The act added traumatic brain injury and autism as new categories to disabilities. -
Changed the IEP team and added new components to benefit the learning of children with disabilities. Also enforced states to offer intervention efforts to parents before due process hearings. This was beneficial because it allowed improvements to an outdated IEP system.
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This gave a definition to what a highly qualified special education teacher is and encouraged the use of RTI model in classrooms. Also removed short term goals in IEP's except for those with severe disabilities. Using appropriate models within the classroom helps a student with disabilities learning skills and provides a better environment in general.
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This ruled in favor of a higher standard education for students with disabilities. This was great new for the special education community, as their education would be set at a higher more important system.