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The Council for Exceptional Children
The Council for Exceptional Children was founded -
Association For Retarded Children was founded
ARC was founded -
National Association for Gifted Children is founded
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Congress adds Title VI to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
Creating a Bureau of Education for the Handicapped (this bureau today is called the Office of Special Education Programs or OSEP). -
The Court Cases of 1972
PARC v Pennsylvania and Mills v D. C. Board of Education apply the equal protection argument for students with disabilities -
Section 504 is enacted
Section 504 of the rehab act of 1973 is enacted into statue . The law protects people from being discriminated against based on their disability -
The Education of All Handicapped Children (EAHCA)
The EAHCA is enacted -
EAHCA is updated
The EAHCA is now updated and now includes the handicapped childrens protection act -
American with Disabilities Act
ADA is enacted -
Individuals with Disabilties Education Act (IDEA)
The EAHCA is renamed the IDEA -
No child left behind
This law calls for all students, including students with disabilities, to be proficient in math and reading -
American Recovery and Reinvestment
A bill Enacted to fund the IDEA -
IDEA reauthorized
