Discrimination

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

• Enacted in 1997
• Meant to help those children that have a disability, physical or mental
• Students with an identified disability are to have an Individual Education Plan (IEP) to help them achieve in school.
• Teachers are required, under this legislation, to accommodate these students according to their IEP

Title IX and Sex Discrimination

• Enacted in 1972, revised in 1998
• Meant to provide a non-discriminatory approach based on gender to all education programs or activities
• Every student, regardless of gender, shall be allowed the opportunity to participate in any educational program or activity that receives Federal funding.
• Teachers cannot bar any student from participating in any school function based on gender.

Title IX cont.

• Teachers cannot bar any student from participating in any school function based on gender.

Javits Gifted and Talented Students

• Originally passed in 1988
• Meant to support those students identified as gifted and talented
• This act is meant to provide a means for schools to acquire grants to help those students identified as gifted and talented to develop their abilities further.

Gifted and Talented cont.

• Any gifted and talented students within a school are to be provided with the environments and opportunities to advance their capabilities.

Title I

• Enacted in 1965
• Meant to help those students identified as Disadvantaged
• Established minimum proficiency levels on challenging state academic achievement standards and assessments.
• Teachers can use the data from the assessments to individualize the education of their students to help them reach at least the minimum proficiency level.

Title I cont.

• Teachers can use the data from the assessments to individualize the education of their students to help them reach at least the minimum proficiency level.

Section 504

• Enacted in 1973
• Meant to help those students with an identified disability of any kind
• Requires that school districts provide a free appropriate public education to qualified students.

Section 504 cont.

• Teachers are required, under this section, to provide any and all accommodations to the student in order for them to receive their appropriate education.

Lau Remedies

• U.S. Supreme Court Case from 1974
• Meant to help those students with limited English proficiency or identified as English language learners
• The case resulted in schools being required to provide bilingual education opportunities to those students identified as ELL or have LEP.
• Teachers must be conscientious of their students who do not speak English as their first language. They are required to accommodate those students however possible.

Lau Remedies cont.

• Teachers must be conscientious of their students who do not speak English as their first language. They are required to accommodate those students however possible.