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President Eisenhower signed this act in order to give money to higher education leadership programs to teach students with mental handicaps.
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Congress expanded the act to grants for a larger variety of disabilities.
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10% of funds must go to programs for students in special education.
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This act provided accommodations, in specific school systems, for students who needed them.
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The bureau provided money in order to make special education programs successful for its students.
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This act further helped to create accommodations for handicapped students.
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This court case allowed for students with special needs to attend school, no matter their mental age, and to be provided with appropriate educational content matching their mental age.
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The court decided that schools are not allowed to decide if they can or cannot provide appropriate resources to special education students.
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Anyone who recieved federal funding is not allowed to discriminate against special education students.
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This act allowed for the creation of programs and models for special education.
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This act, still in effect, helps students and their families to recieve support from school systems. Students are evaluated and given accommodations in order to achieve academic success. Schools also provide support systems. This later was renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
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With the creation of this department, the Bureau for the Education of the Handicapped became the Office of Special Education Programs, the Rehabilitation Services Administration, and the National Institute for Handicapped Research. Together these programs were under the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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10% of students in the Head Start Program were required to be handicapped students.
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This act outlawed discrimination against the handicapped in all public domains.
