History of Special Education Timeline

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History of Special Education Timeline

• https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/brown-v-board-of-education
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_and_Secondary_Education_Act
• https://www.sutori.com/en/item/1970-the-diana-vs-california-state-board-case-focused-on-the-testi
• https://mn.gov/mnddc/parallels/five/5d/12.html#:~:text=Mills%20held%20that%20no%20child,of%20the%20District%20of%20Columbia.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_504_of_the_Rehabilitation_Act
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_for_All_Handicapped_Children_Act
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_P._v._Riles
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_with_Disabilities_Act_of_1990
• Poweroint Ch. 1 Understanding Special Education

By: Nev Jones

ADA

10

July 26, 1990

Rehabilitation Act - Sect. 504

The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits any discrimination of people with a disabilities anywhere, and regardless of whether or not they recieve federal funding.

6

September 26, 1973

Section 504 of the Rehabilitaion Act gives rights to people with disabilities so that they cannot be discriminated against by any program that recieves federal funding.

Mills v. Board of Education

4

August 1, 1972

Mills v. Board of Education works to extend the /right/ to special education to students with /all/ disabilities. If the funds are "insufficient" then funds will be provided so that all students can get an equal education regardless of disability.

EAHCA as P.L 94-142

8

November 29, 1975

This made the previous EAHCA a requirment for all public schools accepting the federal income.

Elementary & Secondary Education Act

2

April 11, 1965

The ESEA was designed for funding to be given to primary and secondary education schools to help them afford the materials and such needed to help fill the gap in special education.

PARC v. Pennsylvania

5

Oct. 8, 1971 - Early(?), 1972

PARC v. Pennsylvania gives education rights to students with intellectual disabilities.

Diana v. Board of Education

3

January ?, 1970

Diana v. Board of Education was designed so that non-native english speaking children wouldn't be incorrectly diagnosed with an intellectual disabilty and could take a test in their native language

EAHCA

Larry P. v. Riles

7

July 29, 1975

9

Decided 1979

Brown v. Board of Education

The Education for All Handicapped Children Act increased all public schools federal funding to provide equal edcaution and one free meal for children with physical and mental disabilities.

The Larry P. v. Riles legislation made so the tests used for finding disabilities are non-discrimatory.

1

May 17, 1954

Brown v. Board of Education was during the height of the civil rights movement, they used this to overule Plessy v. Ferguson's "separate but equal" ruling. Now, the creation of this wasn't made special education in mind at the time but it has helped the advances in the field.

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