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The Education for All Handicapped Children Act (sometimes referred to using the acronyms EAHCA or EHA, or Public Law (PL) 94-142) was enacted by the United States Congress in 1975. This act required all public schools accepting federal funds to provide equal access to education and one free meal a day for children with physical and mental ...
Public law: Pub.L. 101-476: Statutes at Large: ... No. 94-142, § 602(9))" [3] To provide FAPE, schools must provide students with an "education that emphasizes ...
Public Law 94-142 has been amended and reauthorized several times since 1975. In 1986, it was amended to Public Law 99-457. [ 24 ] The 1990 Amendment, Public Law 101–476, [ 25 ] renamed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act .
In 1975, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA) Public Law 94-142 established the right of children with disabilities to receive a free, appropriate public education and provided funds to enable state and local education agencies to comply with the new requirements. The act stated that its purpose was fourfold:
1975 – The Education for All Handicapped Children Act, PL 94-142, (renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 1990) became law in the U.S., and it declared that disabled children could not be excluded from public school because of their disability, and that school districts were required to provide special services to meet the ...
1990 (No short title) Extended school dropout demonstration programs through FY1991. Pub. L. 101–250: 1990 Library Services and Construction Act Amendments of 1990 Pub. L. 101–254: 1990 (No short title) Authorized funding to pay for 50% of the costs to the Museum of Tolerance to operate Holocaust education programs. Pub. L. 101–300: 1990
Public law number (Linked to Wikisource) Date of enactment Short title Long title Link to Legislink.org ; 104-1: January 23, 1995 Congressional Accountability Act of 1995: To make certain laws applicable to the legislative branch of the Federal Government. Pub. L. 104–1 (text) 104-2: February 9, 1995 (No short title)
Enacted in 1990 (and reauthorized in 1997 and 2004), IDEA was the reauthorization of PL 94–142 and continued the emphasis upon FAPE, IEP, LRE, and physical education as a direct educational service. With this reauthorization, person-first terminology was instituted, and emphasis was placed on the education of students with disabilities within ...