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History of Special Education

  • Council of Except. Child Established

    Council of Except. Child Established
    The International Council for the Education of Exceptional Children (CEC) was established by a group of administrators, supervisors, and faculty members of Columbia University attending the summer session at the Teachers College. The CEC created a set of professional standards, specifically for special educators, providing a guideline for the necessary qualities and knowledge a special education teacher should have.
  • Elem. and Secondary Ed. Act of 1965

  • FL Learning Resources System

  • Mills v. Board of Ed. of D.C.

    Mills v. Board of Ed. of D.C.
  • Education for All Handicapped Children Act

    Education for All Handicapped Children Act
    In 1975, Congress enacted Public Law 94-142, more commonly known as the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. This law was developed with four goals in mind: to ensure that all children with disabilities receive a free appropriate public education that emphasized special education, to protect the rights of these children, to assist the States and localities to provide appropriate education to these children, and to assess the effectiveness of the efforts made to educate these children.
  • Board of Ed. of the HHCS District v. Rowley

  • EHA Amendments of 1986

  • Honig v. DOE

  • IDEA Amendments of 1991

  • Assistive Technology Act of 1998

  • Ind. with Disabilities Ed. Improvement Act

  • Every Student Succeeds Act