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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) -
Helped fix misclassification of students in special education
IQ tests were not biased and were given in the language appropriate for the student -
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 -
Since segregation was deemed unconstitutional, it also is unconstitutional to deny students with disabilities as education -
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 plaintiffs and brought forth the extended school year
ESY is available to children with disabilities -
School sued due to interpreter being taken away from deaf student.
Court ruled in favor of school because Amy Rowley was succeeding without the interpreter
Case offered a new interpretation of FAPE
Created a definition of FAPE and clarified that students don't have to have maximum support but enough to receive educational benefits -
Student was denied special education services because the school felt his disability was "too severe" to benefit
Led to Zero-rejection policy
Schools could not deny a child special education services, no matter how severe their disabilities are -
Changed the IEP team and added new components
Reorganized the structure of IDEA
Began requiring states to offer intervention efforts to parents before due process hearings -
Reaction to the low academic achievement of American students
Began holding the government responsible for the gains for students academically
Standardized testing began
Very controversial law! -
Parents sued school for tuition to a private school because the school was unable to provide a "meaningful education"
Confusion with terminology in courts led to a debate of what schools are required to provide
Specify standards or not?
Ruled in favor a higher standard of education for students with disabilities