Legislation

  • Public Law 88-164

    This law authorized funds for training professionals to work with children with special needs
  • Public Law 93-112

    The key provision of the act says that it is illegal to turn away someone because of a disability
  • Public Law 94-142

    This law helped children that were handicapped have available to them a free public education.
  • Public Law 99-457

    This helped have funding for children with special needs from birth on.
  • Public Law 101-336

    gives civil rights to anyone with disabilities
  • Public Law 107-110

    No Child Left Behind
  • IDEA

    This was to help improve the earlier 2 laws about handicapped children.