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Public Law 85–926
President Eisenhower signed this act in order to give money to higher education leadership programs to teach students with mental handicaps. -
Expansion of Eisenhower's Act
Congress expanded the act to grants for a larger variety of disabilities. -
Vocational Education Act
10% of funds must go to programs for students in special education. -
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act
This act provided accommodations, in specific school systems, for students who needed them. -
Bureau for the Education of the Handicapped Created
The bureau provided money in order to make special education programs successful for its students. -
Education of the Handicapped Act
This act further helped to create accommodations for handicapped students. -
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
This court case allowed for students with special needs to attend school, no matter their mental age, and to be provided with appropriate educational content matching their mental age. -
Mills v. Board of Education
The court decided that schools are not allowed to decide if they can or cannot provide appropriate resources to special education students. -
Rehabilitation Act
Anyone who recieved federal funding is not allowed to discriminate against special education students. -
Public Law 94-142
This act allowed for the creation of programs and models for special education. -
Education For All Handicapped Children Act
This act, still in effect, helps students and their families to recieve support from school systems. Students are evaluated and given accommodations in order to achieve academic success. Schools also provide support systems. This later was renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. -
Department of Education
With the creation of this department, the Bureau for the Education of the Handicapped became the Office of Special Education Programs, the Rehabilitation Services Administration, and the National Institute for Handicapped Research. Together these programs were under the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. -
Head Start Program Enrollment Change
10% of students in the Head Start Program were required to be handicapped students. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
This act outlawed discrimination against the handicapped in all public domains.
