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2000-Present
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No Child Left Behind Act
Giving all students the chance to have the same level of education regardless of their economic background. Creating standards for teachers and schools to follow. It also provides extra funding for schools to use to help teachers learn to be better teachers. ("Facts and Terms Every Parent Should Know About NCLB") -
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
A law that ensures services to children with disabilities ("IDEA - Building The Legacy of IDEA 2004" 2006). -
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1
"The Court applied a "strict scrutiny" framework and found the District's racial tiebreaker plan unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment"
Race cannot be a factor when assigning students to high schools. ("Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No.1") Schools cannot deny you access based soley on your race. -
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
The act was suppose to help promote economic recovery and growth ("American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009"). It gave the Department of Education $97.4 billion to help prevent layoffs in the districts and to help create more jobs, and modernize the schools ("Recovery Act"). -
Common Core Standards
A set of standards that all students should learn in grades K-12, to help better prepare students for success after high school ("What Parents Should Know"). -
Vergara vs. California
In Vergara vs. California they decided that keeping ineffective teachers because the process took too long and costed too much was unconstitutional. This allows all students the chance to get a fair education by effective teachers ("Vergara v. California"). -
Every Child Achieves Act
The bill ends the federal based test system, giving the states back the responsibility for determining how to use federally required tests for accountability purposes. The Federal Government is not allowed to determine or approve state standards ("The Every Child Achieves Act of 2015").
