TIMELINE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW

May 18, 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson

May 17, 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Topeka

April 11, 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education act

May 1, 1972 Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children vs. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

August 1, 1972 Mills vs. Board of Education of District of Columbia

September 26, 1973 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act 1973

November 19, 1974 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

November 19, 1975 Education for All Handicapped Children Public Law 94-142

June 28, 1982 Board fo Education of Hendrick Hudson Central School District vs. Rowley

June 27, 1990 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

July 26, 1992 The Americans with Disabilities Act

July 4, 1997 IDEA Amendments of 1997

June 27, 2001 No Child Left Behind

June 27, 2004 No Child Left Behind Act

October 25, 2004 Assistive Technology Act of 2004

December 3, 2004 IDEA 2004

September 23, 2012 President Obama allows waivers on NCLB

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