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Brown V. Board of Education
Determined that segregation on the basis of race violated equal educational opportunity. The decision led the way to a growing understanding that all people have a right to a public education. -
PARC V. Pennsylvania
Struck down various state laws used to exclude disabled children from the public schools. -
Mills V. Board of Education
The district of Columbia could not exclude disabled children from the public schools. -
The Rehabilitation Act
Sections 501, 503, and 504 prohibited discrimination in federal programs and services and all other programs or services receiving federal funds. -
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FERPA or the Buckley Amendment is the US federal law governs the access of educational information and records to public entities such as potential employers, publically funded educational institutions, and foreign governments. -
Public Law 94-142
Guaranteed a free appropriate public education to each child with a disability. This act was later renamed The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). -
Americans with Disabilities Act
Provided comprehensive civil rights protection for people with disabilities. Mandated access in public transportation, communication, and in other ares of public life. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
The education for all handicapped children act was amended and renamed the IDEA. -
No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Law that states all students become proficient in reading and math by the year 2014. -
IDEA 2004
Re authorization of IDEA. Intervention to keep children out of special education programs.
