EDUC 255-Chapter 6-Exceptionality

KWL Chart on Laws and Special Education

Laws
Section 504 of PL 93-112-part
of Vocational Rehabilitation
Act -1973

What I Know
Nothing.

What I Want to Know

What is it?

PL 94-142-Education for All

Handicapped Children Act1975

Nothing.

What is it and what does it

entail?

What I Learned
P.L.93-112 The Vocational
Rehabilitation Act Section
504.Section 504 guarantees
that people with disabilities
may not be discriminated
against because of their
disability.
This legislation is considered
the Bill of Rights for
children with disabilities and
their families. The legislation
incorporated six major
components or guarantees
that have forever changed the
landscape of education across
the United States.
1. Free appropriate
public education
(FAPE)
2. least restrictive
environment (LRE)
3. individualized
education program
(IEP)
4. Procedural due
process
5. Nondiscriminatory
assessment

IDEA-PL 101-476-1990

Nothing.

What is it?

6. Parental participation
Public Law 101-476 (1990
Amendments to PL 94-142)
1. Renamed the
legislation Individuals
with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA).
2. Required that each
student have, no later
than age 16, an
individual transition
plan (ITP) as part of
his or her IEP. The
plan allows for a
coordinated set of
activities and
interagency linkages
designed to promote
the students
movement to post
school functions such
as independent living,
vocational training,
and additional
educational
experiences.
3. Expanded the scope of
the related services
provision by adding
two services: social
work and
rehabilitation
counseling.

4. Added the
identification of
autism and traumatic
brain injury as distinct
disability categories.
IDEA Amendments- 1997

Nothing.

What does it involve?

These are all amendments

made to the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act in
1997.

IDEA Improvement Act-2004

and RTI

Nothing.

What is the Improvement

Act?

This is a response to
intervention or RTI
movement. RTI is important
because it helps give an extra
push to students who need
extra review and help in
subjects most kids dont such
as reading and math.

Javits Gifted and Talented

Students Education Act-1988

Nothing.

What is the JGTS Education

Act?

The Jacob Javits Gifted and

Talented Students Education
Act (Javits) was first passed
by Congress in 1988 as part
of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act and
was most recently
reauthorized through
the Every Student Succeeds
Act to support the
development of talent in U.S.
schools. The Javits Act,
which is the only federal

program dedicated
specifically to gifted and
talented students, does not
fund local gifted education
programs.