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Legislation & Laws Related to School Age
Children with Disabilities
1954 Brown vs. Board of Education determined that education must
be available to all children on equal terms.1969-72 Wolf vs. Utah,
PARC and Mills (FAPE)
1973 Sec. 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
1975 PL 94-142
1989 Timothy W. vs Rochester, NH
1990 IDEA/ADA
1993 Oberti vs. Clemonton
1994 Goals 2000
1994 School to Work Opportunities Act
1995 Improving America’s School Act (IASA)
1996-1997 Maine’s Learning Results
1997 Reauthorization of IDEA - PL 105-17
November 1999 Maine Special Education Regulations (MSER) CHAPTER
101
Used with permission. Slightly adapted in order to focus
on school age children.
