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Brown V. Board of Education
It was the first law to be passed that protected children from racial segregation in the education system. It was now considered unconstitutional and unequal. It also opened the doorway that lead to helping children with special needs in the school system. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Elementary and Secondary Education Act was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Seen by some as a part of the President’s “War on Poverty,” this act helped for funding primary and secondary schools. Also, this act is “reauthorized” every 5 years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4okt6u6OEkg -
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania made it so that students with disabilities can be placed into funded schools that meet the needs of the students. Students are placed into their schools based on evaluations created to determine their educational needs. -
Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia
Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia case keeps students with disabilities safe from being denied joining public funded educational opportunities. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/347/483/case.html -
Congressional Investigation of 1972
There was an investigation to see how many students were being denied the proper education before the Mills V. Board of Education of Education of the District Columbia case in 1971. After the investigation, the Bureau of Education for the Handicap found that 8 million children needed services in Special Education. -
Education for all Handicapped Children Act
Education for All Handicap Children Act was signed by President Gerald Ford. It made it a requirement for all states to accept funding from the federal government and make sure all their public schools follow the law. The reason for this is because it will help provide all students with disabilities an equal education. It also makes sure that schools offer them one free meal a day. -
Education for all Handicapped Children Act change
There was an amendment added to the All Handicapped Children Act that made sure that each state has services for parents with children who have disabilities from the moment they are born. -
Handicapped Children’s Protection Act
At first, parents did not really have a say when it came to the education for their child with disabilities, so, an act was created. When created, it was signed by President Reagan. The name of the act is called the Handicapped Children’s Protection Act. Now parents can be a part in creating their children’s educational development and their “Individual Education Plan.” -
Education for all Handicapped Children’s Act (another change)
A change was made to the Education for all Handicapped Children’s Act, it is now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Also, IDEA was reauthorized by President Clinton with amendments that helped improve access to free public education and that students with disabilities will receive the same curriculum as students without. -
IDEA
Congress got stricter on requirements on both Special Ed educators and the educational curriculum, along with there being “early interventions” for students when they amended IDEA. They wanted there to be “improved educational outcomes.” Also, within a state, school districts needed to have 15% of their “special education funds” moved to “general education” if it was discovered that they had a certain amount of minority students with-in special education who did not really have a disability.
