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1837 - 1838
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Massachusetts and Connecticut in 1837 and 1838, respectively, establish state boards that oversee public education for the first time in U.S. history.
1848
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The secretary for the Board of Education for the state of Massachusetts enacts public taxes to go towards public education.
1857
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The Columbia Institution for the Deaf was taken in by the United States Congress as a higher education institution.
1864
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The National Deaf Mute College, with the support of Congress and Edward Miner Gallaudet, begins granting highed education degrees to students.
1869
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The Boston Day School for Deaf Mutes opens as the first day school for individuals with special needs within public education. This institution focused on meeting the needs of individuals who were hard of hearing and deaf. This would be an early model for others to follow when teaching a specific group of individuals with specific needs.
1871
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Common schools intended to educate all children under one setting. Due to the high demands of some students, however, classes for underachievers, less able, frequently absent, unruly, and diverse individuals were created. In these special classes, students would not receive grades and be segregated so as to not hinder the education occurring elsewhere.
1877
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The turning of the century brought with it assertions for the once believed to be incapable individuals who were dear or blind. Schools for the visually impaired drop the usage of the word asylum from their school names due to the negative connotation. These establishments were to be respected as capable and functional sources of education.
1896
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The Supreme Court of New York found Institutions for deaf and blind would no longer be categorized as charitable institutions, instead, they were to be considered as places of education.
1900
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An initial set of state laws were enacted to provide education for deaf, blind, and intellectually disabled individuals to be provided within public day schools.
1900-Michigan and Wisconsin only two states to have established day schools for individuals who are deaf.
1909- Indiana, N. Carolina, N. Dakota, Ohio, Utah, and Washington mandate schooling for students who are deaf or blind
1911- Massachusetts and New Jersey require individuals with intellectual disabilities to be educated. New Jersey also passed the first set of laws for the right to public education for individuals who are deaf and/or blind.
1914- Maryland passes state-wide allowance of special education classes, at the local county's prudence
New York and Massachusetts, in 1917 and 1920 respectively, require local school boards to account for students with special needs and to provide special classes for 10 or more individuals with intellectual disabilities.
1919-Iowa passes a law requiring appropriate care for individuals with disabilities.
1921- Introduction of state aid for special education in Wisconsin, Louisiana, and Ohio.
1915-1923- Minnesota, Illinois, Wyoming, Missouri, Connecticut, Washington, and Oregon impose laws allowing local governments to set the pace for their special education programs as they best see fit.
1930- Maryland introduces state aid for special education.