Elementa

ry and
Secondar
y
Education
Act
Supports
many
initiatives
that help
with lowincome
families

Vocation
al
Rehabilit
ation
Act
Defines
handicap
ped
person

Educational Education
Amendment for All
s Act
Handicapp
ed
Children
Act
Grants
Known as
federal
the
funds to
mainstrea
states for
ming Law
programmin
g

Education
of the
Handicappe
d Act
Amendment
s
Requires
states to
extend free
and
appropriate
education
to children
with
disabilities
(ages 3-5)

American
s with
Disabilitie
s Act

Individuals
with
Disabilities
Education
Act

No Child
left
behind

Prohibits
discrimin
ation
against
people
with
disabilitie
s in the
private
sector

Establishes
people
first
language
for
referring to
people
with
disabilities

Improves
performa
nce of
elementa
ry and
secondar
y schools
by
increasin
g school,
district
and state
accounta
bility for
all
students

Individual
s with
Disabilitie
s
Education
Act
Allows
districts
to use
response
to
interventi
on (RTI)
model to
determini
ng
whether
child has
learning
disability
and no
longer
requires
discrepan
cy
between
achievem
ent and
intellectu
al ability

Includes
provisions
for free
and
reduced
lunches
and
additional
teachers
in
disadvant
ages
communit
ies

Defines
appropri
ate
educatio
n

Provides the
first federal
funding of
state
programs
for students
who are
gifted and
talented

Requires
states to
provide a
free and
appropriat
e public
education
for
children
with
disabilities

Applies to
children
who need
additional
support
to benefit
from
public
school
education
programs

Prohibits
discrimin
ation
against
students
with
disabiliti
es in
federally
funded
program
s

Grants
students
and families
the right of
due process
in special
education
placement

First
defined
least
restrictive
environme
nt

Establishes
early
intervention
programs
for infants
and
toddlers
with
disabilities
(ages birth2)

Protects
equal
opportuni
ty to
employm
ent and
public
services,
accommo
dations,
transport
ation, and
telecomm
unication
s
Defines
disability
to include
people
with AIDS

Extends
special
education
services to
include
social
work,
assistive
technology
, and
rehabilitati
on services

Offers
school
choice for
students
enrolled
in failing
schools

Extends
provisions
for due
process
and
confidentia
lity for all
students
and
parents

Implemen
ts early
reading
interventi
on

Require
that all
students

1965

1973

1974

1975

1986

1990

receive
services,
even if
expelled
from
school
Requires
students
with
disabilities
to take
part in
statewide
and
districtwide
assessmen
ts
1997
2001

2004