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Evolution of the Right to a Free Appropriate Public Education for Children With Disabilities

Describe the history of the IDEA as it relates to students with disabilities

Describe the role of the United States Department of Education in addressing the disproportionate treatment on the basis of race in connection with the identification of children with disabilities.

Describe the interplay of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the IDEA

Chapter 1 (Intro)

· Section One: The Exclusion of Children with Disabilities from Public Schools

· Watson v. Cambridge, 157 Mass. 561 (1893)

· Beattie v. Board of Educ. Of Antigo, 169 Wis. 231(1919)

· Section Two: Segregation of Black Children in Public Schools

· Brown v. Bd. Of Educ. Of Topeka, Kan., 347 U.S. 483 (1954)

· Section Three Legal Challenges to the Exclusion of Children With Disabilities from Public Schools

· Penn Ass’n for Retarded Children v. Penn, 343 F. Supp.279 (E.D. Pa. 1972)

· Mills v. Bd. Of Educ. Of D.C., 348 F. Supp. 866 (D.D.C. 1972)

Section Four: The Road to the IDEA

Introductory Bio (please provide, via email, a brief informational bio of yourself. Please provide any goals you have for the course and any other information that would assist the professor to tailor the course.

Brief written responses due via email to the professor on Wednesday, by 11:59 pm, prior to the first Saturday class for the following:

Notes, Comments, and Questions:

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