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Special Education Timeline

  • Mills v. The Board of Education of the District of Columbia (1972)

    The problem in this case was based on The District of Columbia in Washington, DC, being negligient in supporting 7 school aged children with multiple types of disabilities by denying them supported and adequate education and educational facilities in the public schools at the publics expense.
    The children were labeled due to their individual disabilities and denied admission to public schools without alternate options for educational placement.
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