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Project Head Start
Free preschool education program created to help low income families. -
Bilingual Education Act
Enabled students to receive an education in their native language. The education is government funded. -
Case of Lau vs. Nichols
Found San Francisco School District at fault for not aiding Chinese-American LEP students. Rules that schools must provide equal opportunity for all students including those that do not speak English. -
Equal Educational Opportunities Act
Prohibits discrimination and requires schools to find ways to ensure equal education for all students especially those with LEP. -
Plyler vs. Doe
Found the Texas law denying undocumented students an education was unconstitutional. It also stayed that undocumented students could not be charged tuition. -
Georgia Universal Preschool
Georgia becomes the first state to offer universal preschool to all four-year-olds. -
Proposition 227
California rules that public education will only be taught in English. -
No Child Left Behind Act
Holds schools responsible for students performance and penalizes schools that do not reach goals. Replaces Bilingual Education Act. -
Parents involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No 1 and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education
Ruled race can not be a factor in determining where students go to school. This ruling deterred the plans to integrate the schools. -
Non-Hispanic Caucasians Outnumbered
At time of enrollment minorities out numbered non-Hispanic white children for the first time.
