Legal Issues Flashcards
What is Litigation?
court cases
What is Legislation?
law
Why was Brown v. Board of Education important?
- defined that separate is not equal
- beginning for special educaution
Why was 1972 important?
- PARC v. Common Wealth of Pennsylvania
- Mills v. Board of Education (D.C.)
What does PARC stand for?
PA Association for Retarded Children
What was PARC v. Common Wealth?
- made schools equal for children with disabilities
- access for children with Intellectual disabilities
What was Mills v. Board of Education?
access for children with Learning Disabilities
What is FAPE?
Free and Appropriate Public Education
What came of Rowely, Supreme Court case?
Parallel Instruction: instruction that approximates general education classes
What happened in 1975?
Education for All Handicapped Children (EHA) was created
What was guaranteed because of EHA?
- FAPE
- LRE
- IEPs
- Non-discriminatory evaluation
- parent’s rights and due process
What is due process?
parents can take a school to court to reach a compromise on an argument
What did EHA become?
IDEA –> IDEIA
What happened in 1990?
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was created
What did IDEA add to EHA?
- student first terminology
- individual transition plan
- Autism to Special Education
- TBI to Special Education
