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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court which ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka -
The 1963 conference articulated the cornerstones on which the field of Learning Disabilities is based. The underlying assumptions put forth provided the frameworks for legislations, theories, diagnostic, procedures educational practices, research and training models. -
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, a key component of President Johnson's War on Poverty, was designed to aid low-income students and to combat racial segregation in schools. -
ESEA authorizes state-run programs for eligible schools and districts eager to raise the academic achievement of struggling learner and address the complex challenges that arise for students who live with disability, mobility problems, learning difficulties, poverty, or transience, or who need to learn English. -
The case of PARC v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was a foundational case involving mentally disabled children and education. Explore the details of the lawsuit, the ruling of the district court, and the continued impact of the decision decades later. -
In Mills v. Board of Education of District of Columbia, hereafter Mills, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia held that students with disabilities are entitled to an education and that education cannot be denied based on the accommodation' additional cost to the school. https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/mills-v-board-education-district-columbia-1972#:~:text=In%20Mills%20v.,additional%20cost%20to%20the%20school. -
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as Amended (Rehab Act) prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies, in programs receiving federal financial assistance, in federal employment and in the employment practices of federal contractors. -
The Act deals with students' rights to access their official educational records. Basically, the legislation gives any student or former student of Florida Memorial University the right to inspect, review and copy his or her permanent records. -
By signing into law, the Education Amendments of 1974, President Gerald Ford has cleared the way for increased Federal spending for education of handicapped children. Extension of the Education of the Handicapped Act carries through Fiscal Year 1977. -
On Novembre 29, 1975, President Gerald Ford signed into law the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, or the EHA. The EHA guaranteed a free, appropriate public education, or FAPE, to each child with a disability in every state and locality across the country.