SED SE 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Equal Opportunity, Deafblindness, Reasonable Accommodation

• School: Boston University
• Department: Special Education
• Course: SED SE 250
• Professor: Zachary Rossetti

Document Summary

Elementary and secondary education act (esea), 1965. Developmental disabilities services and facilities construction amendments, Mills v. board of education, washington, d. c. , 1972. By 1973, 27 right-to-education lawsuits were pending or a decision had been recently rendered in 21 states. 1975 - education of all handicapped children act. What mandates special education in all school. The us government has played a role in education: Article 1, section 8 of constitution ( provide for general welfare ) Federal land grants for public schools and colleges. Elementary and secondary education act of 1965. Education for all handicapped children act of 1975 (pl 84- Is a brief, but powerful nondiscrimination law included in the rehabilitation act of 1973. It extends civil rights to people with disabilities. Every department in the executive branch of the federal government implements the law. Because virtually every school district in the country accepts federal funds, public education is directly affected.