TExES Special Education EC-12 (161)
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
PL 94-142 Education for all Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA) (1975) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Mandated a free appropriate public education for all children with a
disability, ensured due process rights, mandated education in the least restrictive environment
and required that students receiving special education services have an individual education
plan.
PL 98-199 Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments (1983) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- This law allows for federal funding to create parent training and information
centers so that parents could learn how to protect the rights that PL 94-142 guarantees their
child. PL 98-199 also provided financial incentives to expand services for children from birth
to age 3 and the initiatives for transition services from school to adult living for students with
disabilities.
PL 99-457 Education for Handicapped Children Act (EHA) of 1986 - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Mandated services for preschoolers with disabilities and called for the
development of statewide systems of early intervention services for infants and toddlers, birth
to age 3.
PL 100-407 Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act (1988) -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- This act, a.k.a. "The Tech Act,) recognizes that students with
disabilities need special equipment to perform better and more independently (assistive
technology.)
PL 101-476 (1990) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Changed the name Education for
Handicapped Children Act (PL 99-457, 1986) to Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA); authorized and expanded upon previous funding programs, mandated that assistive
technology needs and transition services be added to IEPs and added autism and traumatic
brain injury to the listing for educational handicapping conditions.
PL 101-336 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Passed by
Congress and signed into law by the President in July 1990s, the ADA is the first
comprehensive declaration of equality for people with disabilities. The ADA protects the civil
rights of people with disabilities in all aspects of employment, in accessing public services
, such as transportation, and guaranteeing access to public accommodations such as
restaurants, stores, hotels, and other types of buildings to which the public has access.
PL 101-336 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (1990) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
This act extends Section 504 of PL 93-112 by requiring the rights of equal access and
reasonable accomodation in employment services provided by both private and public
sectors.
PL 105-17 IDEA 1997 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Reaffirms the basic principles of PL 94-
142 and significant refinements made which impact the way parents, teachers and
administrators go about important work of ensuring quality education and early intervention
for children with disabilities. IDEA 1997 stresses parental involvement.
PL 108-446 IDEA 2004 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Most recent special education law
emphasizing inclusion of students with disabilities in high-stakes testing or district testing
with accommodation or in alternate assessments, required special education teachers be
highly qualified.
PL 107-110 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The nation's
latest general education law, emphasizes assessment and accountability and requires states to
show adequately yearly progress (AYP) in raising student achievement.
PL 93-112 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (1973) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Before
there was IDEA, there was the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a civil rights law that prohibits
discrimination on the basis of disability. Section 504 of this act continues to play an important
role in education, especially for studnets with disabilities who may not qualify for special
education services under IDEA.
PL 108-364 Assistive Technology Act - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Assistive technology can
greatly improve the access and function of people with disabilities in school, work, home and
community. The Assistive Technology Act is intended to ensure that people with disabilities
have access to assistive technology devices and services.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Set a precedent
for equality in education which was extended to children with disabilities.
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
PL 94-142 Education for all Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA) (1975) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Mandated a free appropriate public education for all children with a
disability, ensured due process rights, mandated education in the least restrictive environment
and required that students receiving special education services have an individual education
plan.
PL 98-199 Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments (1983) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- This law allows for federal funding to create parent training and information
centers so that parents could learn how to protect the rights that PL 94-142 guarantees their
child. PL 98-199 also provided financial incentives to expand services for children from birth
to age 3 and the initiatives for transition services from school to adult living for students with
disabilities.
PL 99-457 Education for Handicapped Children Act (EHA) of 1986 - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Mandated services for preschoolers with disabilities and called for the
development of statewide systems of early intervention services for infants and toddlers, birth
to age 3.
PL 100-407 Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act (1988) -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- This act, a.k.a. "The Tech Act,) recognizes that students with
disabilities need special equipment to perform better and more independently (assistive
technology.)
PL 101-476 (1990) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Changed the name Education for
Handicapped Children Act (PL 99-457, 1986) to Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA); authorized and expanded upon previous funding programs, mandated that assistive
technology needs and transition services be added to IEPs and added autism and traumatic
brain injury to the listing for educational handicapping conditions.
PL 101-336 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Passed by
Congress and signed into law by the President in July 1990s, the ADA is the first
comprehensive declaration of equality for people with disabilities. The ADA protects the civil
rights of people with disabilities in all aspects of employment, in accessing public services
, such as transportation, and guaranteeing access to public accommodations such as
restaurants, stores, hotels, and other types of buildings to which the public has access.
PL 101-336 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (1990) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
This act extends Section 504 of PL 93-112 by requiring the rights of equal access and
reasonable accomodation in employment services provided by both private and public
sectors.
PL 105-17 IDEA 1997 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Reaffirms the basic principles of PL 94-
142 and significant refinements made which impact the way parents, teachers and
administrators go about important work of ensuring quality education and early intervention
for children with disabilities. IDEA 1997 stresses parental involvement.
PL 108-446 IDEA 2004 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Most recent special education law
emphasizing inclusion of students with disabilities in high-stakes testing or district testing
with accommodation or in alternate assessments, required special education teachers be
highly qualified.
PL 107-110 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The nation's
latest general education law, emphasizes assessment and accountability and requires states to
show adequately yearly progress (AYP) in raising student achievement.
PL 93-112 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (1973) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Before
there was IDEA, there was the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a civil rights law that prohibits
discrimination on the basis of disability. Section 504 of this act continues to play an important
role in education, especially for studnets with disabilities who may not qualify for special
education services under IDEA.
PL 108-364 Assistive Technology Act - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Assistive technology can
greatly improve the access and function of people with disabilities in school, work, home and
community. The Assistive Technology Act is intended to ensure that people with disabilities
have access to assistive technology devices and services.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Set a precedent
for equality in education which was extended to children with disabilities.
