Educational Legislation

Emphasizes equal access to education and establishes high standards and accountability.

That case also established the standard that each child must be offered an individualized education and that children should be placed in the least restrictive environment possible.

Mills vs. Board of Education of District of Columbia was a case against the District of Columbia that declared that students with disabilities must be given a public education, and that financial limits were a moot point in providing education to these students. It set a precedent that educational services must be made based on children's needs, not on the schools’ fiscal capabilities to provide such services.

The Rehabilitation Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies, in programs receiving federal financial assistance, in federal employment, and in the employment practices of federal contractors.

The Education for All Handicapped Children Act (sometimes referred to using the acronyms EAHCA or EHA, or Public Law (PL) 94-142) was enacted by the United States Congress in 1975. This act required all public schools accepting federal funds to provide equal access to education and one free meal a day for children with physical and mental disabilities.

The ADA is a wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits, under certain circumstances, discrimination based on disability.

Was later then reformed in 1997. Further reformed in 2004 till present.

NCLB supports standards-based education reform based on the premise that setting high standards and establishing measurable goals can improve individual outcomes in education.

United States federal law that governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to children with disabilities.