November 29, 1975 50 Years Ago Today Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, stands as one of the most consequential civil-rights laws in U.S. history, but its passage was neither inevitable nor uncontested. Before 1975, millions of children with disabilities were denied even the […]
When Congress passed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act in 1975, later renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), it marked one of the most transformative moments in American public education. For the first time, students with disabilities were guaranteed the right to a free appropriate public education (FAPE), and their parents were […]
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