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In ten pages this paper presents a detailed analysis of the history, implementation, compliance, reforms, and other related issues associated with the federal law Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Eleven sources are listed in the bibliography.
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and society. However, throughout the history of the United States resources have not always been equitably distributed. Too often, quality education is reserved for the elite few instead
of the many Americans on the lower rungs of the socioeconomic ladder. Sadly, children with varying degrees of learning disabilities have been historically neglected and deprived of the good
education they have the right to expect as American citizens. This social injustice continued midway through the twentieth century when an important U.S. Supreme Court ruling paved the way
to making education accessible to students of all learning levels. Part I: History In the famous 1954 case of Brown v. Board
of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that, "All children must be afforded an equal educational opportunity" (Valentino, 2006, p. 139). While this ruling was initially addressing the issue of
racial inequality in America, its subsequent effects were far-reaching as parents of learning-disabled students presented the persuasive argument that this applied to their situations as well. Two subsequent landmark
district court cases also affirmed the assertion that disabled students should receive public education access (Valentino, 2006, p. 139). In the 1971 case of Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children
v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the district court prevented the state or its school districts from depriving "any mentally retarded child access to a free public program of education and training"
(Valentino, 2006, p. 139). The following year, Mills v. Board of Education district court case similarly ruled that no eligible child should be denied public education access unless the
following criteria was met: * That alternative education services meeting the childs individual learning needs were provided (including tuition grants and special education; * That children receiving such services
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