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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
President George Bush signs into law the Americans with Disabilities Act, prohibiting discrimination against people with physical or mental disabilities. The key areas affected by the law were employment, transportation, telecommunications, and public accomodations-- including school buildings. -
Bush signs $1.6 vocational education billion bill
President Bush signs into law a $1.6 billion bill to improve voational education by telling states to integrate academic skills into voational classes to develop basic and advanced skills, as well as providing funding for "tech-prep" programs linking high schools with local community colleges. -
Student Right-to-Know & Campus Security Act
President Bush signs two laws, requiring all colleges and universities to publish statistics on their graduation rates, crime rates, and security procedures, annually. -
Ivy League Consent Decree
The Justice Department signs consent decree with eight Ivy League colleges and universities agreeing not to share information on student financial aid and tuition or faculty salaries, thereby avoiding anittrust violation charges. -
"How Schools Shortchange Women"
Commissioned report by the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation paired with another college research center, states that girls faces widespread bias in classrooms across the United States. -
Franklin vs. Gwinnett Case
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Title IX of a 1972 education law entitled students at schools receiving federal funds who were the victims of sexual harassment and other forms of sex discrimination to sue for monetary damages. -
South Boston High School Closed
South Boston High School remains closed from May 6 to May 10 from a racially-charged brawl outside the school that happened while students staged a walkout over safety issues during a visit by Boston mayor Raymond Flynn (D). -
Jewish School District Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court rules 6-3 that a special school district set up to accomodate disabled children in Kiryas Joel, inhabited entirely by members of an orthodox Jewish enclave, is unconstitutional. -
Youngest American Graduates from College
Ten year old, Michael Kearney, is the youngest American to graduate from college, receiving a bachelor's degree with a major in anthropology from the University of South Alabama. -
State of Ohio to control Cleveland School System
The Cleveland, Ohio, public school system, a 74,000 student district, is put under state control by a federal judge because of its $125 million debt. -
End of Mandatory Busing in Denver
U.S. Justice Richard P. Matsch ends a court-supervised desegregation program going back to 1969, including compulsory race-based busing for many students in Denver, CO, public schools. -
Arizona Uniforms Affirmed
An Arizona state court judge rules that a public school district had the right to require that their students wear school uniforms. The ruling affirms that such a requirement cannot be overruled by the parents. -
Graduation Dress Code Violation Punishment
Three students, one Native American and two African American students, are told they won't receive their high school diplomas because they wore cultural symbols on their clothing at their graduation, violating the graduation dress code. The students were required to attend 25 days of summer school as a punishment. -
President Clinton- Internet Connection
President Bill Clinton announced the first $14.3 million of a total $200 million in Department of Education grants to public schools to help them connect to the Internet. -
Boulder, CO- University of Colorado Bonfire
A crowd of fifteen hundred students throw stones and bricks at police when they arrive to put out a bonfire reportedly set by CU students celebrating the end of the semester. The next night, about five hundred students gathered in the same spot for a second confrontation with the police. -
President Clinton- Revises Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1975
Clinton signs a bill revising the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1975 changing the funding formulas, which would directly benefit the classroom, giving a greater flexibility for disciplining disabled students. -
Largest Gift Ever Given to U.S. College
Two hundred million dollars is donated by the F.W. Olin Foundation to build the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts. -
Mary Kay Letourneau Arrested
A former Seattle teacher is arrested after being found by police in a car with the former student she had been having sexual relations with since he was 13 years old. -
Protest Over Alcohol Ban
Almost 3 thousand students took part in a protest against Michigan Stat University's ban on alcohol at a favorite tailgating spot in Lansing. -
President Clinton- Reauthorizing 1965 Higher Education Act
Temporarily lowered interest rates for students and incrementally increased the total amount available through a Pell Grant. -
Clinton Expands Federal Aid
President Clinton expands federal aid to charter schools while setting stricter standards for schools to qualify for federal funding. -
Dartmouth College Policy Changes
Dartmouth College president James Wright announces a ban on single-sex fraternities and sororities in order to promote healthier relations between men and women and reduce binge drinking occurrences. -
Columbine High School Shooting
In Littleton, Colorado at Columbine High School, two boys ages 17 and 18 shoot and kill 12 fellow students and a teacher, and wound more than 20 other classmates. Both of the shooters commit suicide. Affects school safety across not only the state of Colorado, but the entire country. Safety procedures are created from this point on and taught to all grade levels everywhere. -
"Ed-Flex" Bill Signed
President Clinton signs bill granting states greater flexibility over federal funds for education. -
Detroit Federation of Teachers Ratify Contract
The Detroit Federation of Teachers ratifies a new 3 year contract that reduces classroom size in kindergarten through third grade to a mazimum of 17 students. Classes averaged twice that before the negotiations.
