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Brown vs Board of education
Supreme Court rules that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional
Began the movement of equality in education -
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
Provided state federal money to states in order to improve opportunities for students who were disadvantaged (including children with disabilities) -
Education of the Handicapped Act of 1970
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 -
Diana v. State Board of Education
Helped fix misclassification of students in special education
IQ tests were not biased and were given in the language appropriate for the student -
PARC v. Commonwealth of PA
Required schools to provide a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) -
Mills v. Board of Education
Since segregation was deemed unconstitutional, it also is unconstitutional to deny students with disabilities as education -
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
Prohibited discrimination against those with disabilities in programs that received federal funding -
Education Amendments
Included rights from PARC v. Commonwealth of PA and Mills v. Board of Education in law -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975
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 -
Armstrong v. Kline
Parents of student noticed their children in special education began to regress during summer break
Ruled in favor of plantiffs and brought forth the extended school year
ESY is available to children with disabilities