 The passing of this bill effectively changed the lives of millions of special needs students, ensuring that they have free access to quality public education facilities and services.And while there are those that benefit from the turning of this academic tide, there are still many students (most of which are minorities with disabilities) that find themselves in times of learning hardship due to the unbalanced distribution of special education funding.In 1998 1.5 million minority children were identified with special learning needs in the US, out of that 876,000 were African American or Native American.