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The Supreme Court rules that the segregation of African-Americans in public schools is unconstitutional and unequal. Abolishing "separate but equal". This was helpful to students with disabilities as this case inspired educational reform all over the country
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Enacted by Congress provided resources to help ensure that disadvantaged students had access to quality education. Signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. This legislation emphasized equal access to education and promoted high standards and accountability to schools.
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This case involved students with mental retardation being denied their constitutional right to equal protection under the law.This was important to special education students because the court ruled that students with mental retardation had to be granted an education similar or equal to their non-disabled peers.
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This case made the needs of the child come before fiscal restraints from the school.This case was important to special education students because it established due process procedures to ensure all students disabled or non-disabled equal protection under the law.
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This law is important because it was the first civil rights statute for people with disabilities. This law also helped in the formation of the American Disability Act. It was important to special education students because it was the first nationwide law that stated that students with disabilities should be provided with a free and appropriate education in the least restrictive environment.
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This a a Federal law that is designed to protect the privacy of students' school records. The law outlines parental rights concerning their child's information.These rights transfer to the child when they turn 18 or move onto secondary education. This law gives parents (and eligible children) access to all personally identifiable information that was collected and maintained regarding their child.
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This act ensured a free and appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment for all children with disabilities. This law outlined that schools needed to put into place a procedure so parents of children with disabilities could dispute decisions regarding their child's education. (Procedural Safeguards)
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The Education for All Handicapped Children Act was amended and called the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
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The ADA is a law to protect people with disabilities from being discriminated against. It is designed so that people with disabilities have equal opportunities in five areas. These areas are employment, public services, public accommodations, telecommunications, and miscellaneous provisions. It was important to special education students because it protected them not only in school but in the workplace as well.
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President Bill Clinton signs amendments to the IDEA. More students with disabilities are being integrated into the general education classrooms. A big success for special education.
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This act promotes high achieving standards for all students, including those with disabilities. The act states that each child will reach proficiency in math and reading by 2014.
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President Obama allows states to request waivers for flexibility in meeting some of the requirements in the NCLB act.Through the waiver schools can show student improvement through multiple means. Providing great benefits for students with disabilities.
