Katelyn Smith

SED 312
Law:

Date:

Brown vs. Board of

Education

1954

Civil Rights Act

1964

Affects What
Population?
This case directly
affected children who
were being separated
into different schools,
because of their race.
It also affected parents
of children with
disabilities, because
they now were
questioning why this
ruling wasnt
including their
children with
disabilities as well.

Summary:

Brown vs. Board of

Education was a civil
rights movement
which brought up the
issue of segregating
students in school
according to race.
The U.S. Supreme
court ruled that
education must be
given to all children
on equal terms. After
this ruling, parents
and advocates of
children with
disabilities began
asking why this
doesnt apply to their
children as well. This
case helped begin the
equality movement
for education.
This act affected those The Civil Rights Act
in the United States
was a major landmark
that were not able to
for civil rights in the
vote or were
United States. It
segregated against
established that
because of their race, unequal voting
ethnicity, religion, or
requirements were
sex.
now illegal. It also
ended segregation in
schools, the
workplace and other
federally funded
places. This act
prohibited segregation

Elementary &
Secondary Act

1965

This act was created

to have a positive
effect on students that
were from lowincome families.

Hobson vs. Hansen

1967

Diana vs. Board of

Education

1970

This case affected all

school age children.
They no longer were
evaluated by their IQ
scores. This had a
larger effect on poor
children and AfricanAmerican children
because they were the
ones viewed as being
discriminated against.
This ruling affects all
children whose native
language is not
English.

by race, ethnicity, sex

and religion but not
against those with
disabilities.
The ESEA was
created in 1965 by
Lyndon Johnson as
part of his war on
poverty. The first part
of the law allowed for
funding of lowincome students that
were struggling
academically, Title I.
Head Start was also
created to provide
early intervention
services for lowincome preschool age
children.
This case ruled that
IQ testing was not
constitutional and that
it discriminated
against poor children
and African-American
children.

This case ruled that

children had to
receive testing in their
native language. If a
students language is
anything but English,
that is the language
that their test must be
given in. Students
given a test in

Architectural &
Barriers Act

1968

This act affected

individuals with
disabilities. It
prohibits federally
owned building from
having environmental
barriers. There must
be accommodations
for all people to use,
even those with
disabilities.

Rehabilitation Act

1973

The Rehabilitation
Act affected all
children and adults
with disabilities. They
no longer had to
worry about being
limited to access or
discriminated against
in any federally
funded building or
program.

English, which isnt

their native language,
may qualify for
special education
services when in fact
they would not need
those services if they
were given the test in
their native language.
This act was passed
prohibiting barriers in
federally owned
buildings. Though the
law doesnt insist that
there be a barrier free
environment, there is
an emphasis on
accessibility. This act
was another step
toward improving
rights of individuals
with disabilities
This act was passed
after World War II and
prohibited
discrimination against
individuals with
disabilities in
federally funded
programs. This law
expanded
opportunities to
children and adults
with disabilities in
education,
employment and other
settings. It meant that
no person with a
disability should be
excluded from a
program because of

IDEA

1975

IDEA affects all

children with
disabilities ages three
to twenty one. It also
affects those students
parents, by helping
protect their rights
and including them in
the process of special
education.

lack of appropriate
aid. This led to the
introduction of
handicap parking
stickers and
architecturally
accessible buildings.
The Individuals with
Disabilities Education
Act ensures schools
must educate all
children with
disabilities, schools
must use nonbiased,
multifactored methods
of evaluation to
determine whether a
child has a disability,
schools must provide
a free appropriate
public education,
schools must develop
and implement an IEP
that meets the needs
of each student with a
disability, schools
must educate students
with disabilities with
children without
disabilities to the
maximum extent
appropriate, schools
must follow a set of
procedures to
safeguard and protect
the rights of children
with disabilities and
their parents and
schools must
collaborate with
parents and students

IDEIA

2004

No Child Left
Behind/Elementary
Secondary Act

2001

with disabilities in the

planning and
implementing of
special education and
related services.
IDEIA affects the
Individuals with
same group of people Disabilities Education
that IDEA affected.
Improvement Act is
The group of people
an updated version of
didnt really change,
IDEA. Over the years
other than the fact that terminology was one
special education
of the elements
teachers now have a
changed. Other
definition of what it
changes included
means to be highly
benchmarks and
qualified.
short-term objectives.
Response-toinstruction was added
as a way to identify
learning disabilities.
IDEIA also defines
highly qualified
special education
teachers. Another part
added to this updated
version was that a
student with
disabilities may be
removed from school
under special
circumstances for up
to forty five school
days whether or not
the misconduct was
related to the students
disability
This act first was
In 2001 Congress
intended to affect
reauthorized ESEA,
students from lowthey renamed it the
income families.
No Child Left Behind
When it was
Act. The intent of

reauthorized in 2001
it had an effect on all
children, ensuring that
all children are taught
by highly qualified
teachers with a goal
that all children will
be proficient in all
subject matter by
2014.

Katelyn Smith
SED 312

NCLB is to improve
achievement in
students especially
from low-income
families. To achieve
this NCLB stresses
accountability for
student learning,
scientifically based
instruction and
implications for
students with
disabilities.