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The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The civil rights act of 1964 was created and passed to end segregation against race, religion, and national origin in the United States. It was first proposed by President John F. Kennedy and was signed int law later by Kennedys Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson who later became President after Kennedy was assassinated. Other members who contributed to the passing of the Civil Rights Act were members and leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. -
The Bilingual Education Act of 1968
In 1968 congress passed The Bilingual Education Act, which allowed schools to have bilingual education programs. This was the first time that congress endorsed funding for bilingual education. The Special assistance could vary from one district or school to another according to the Bilingual Education Act all special assistance programs were required to give student of language minority full access to the learning environment, the curriculum, special services and assessment in a meaningful way. -
Diana V. State Board of Education
Diana was a Spanish-speaking student who had been placed in a class for mildly mentally retarded students because she had scored low on an IQ test given to her in English. In the end court ruled that Spanish-speaking children should be retested in their native language to avoid errors in placement, this went for all special ed placement assessments and languages. -
Public Law 94-142 AKA Education of All Handicapped Children Act
In 1975 the Education of All Handicapped Children Act was passed, this allowed all disabled students to FAPE (free and appropriate public education). All the students individual needs are to be taken care of and accommodated to and offered in the least restrictive setting. All states were given until 1978 to implement the law, this was later extended to 1981. -
Plyler v. Doe
In 1982 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Texas law that denied undocumented school-age children the access to public education violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. The Equal Protection Clause stated that "no State shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws". With this ruling they also found that school districts are not able to charge tuition fees for the education of these children. -
Emergency Immigration Education Act
Was created to help SEA's and LEA's in providing educational services and offset the cost for immigrant children that were enrolled in elementary schools and both secondary public and non-public schools -
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1990
The very first comprehensive reform since 1965, it increased the annual immigration to a whopping 700,000 creating a bigger diversity in schools. This law provided many visas such as family sponsored, employment-based (mainly for priority workers,and skilled workers), and 55,000 diversity visas. but it was only allocated to people who were native to the country and countries who sent than 50,000 immigrants to the United States over the previous 5 years. -
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
In 1996 President Bill Clinton passed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act. This forcibly stopped states from being able to offering higher education benefit and prices based on the residency within a state ( better known as in-state tuition) to immigrants unless the benefit was available to any U.S. citizen or national. -
No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
This law replaced and renamed the bilingual education act of 1965, required high-stakes student testing, the act held schools accountable for all student achievement levels, and threatened to provide penalties for schools that do not make adequate yearly progress toward meeting the goals of NCLB. -
Transgenders to use restrooms that match there gender identity
On august 21st 2016, a texas federal judge signed a temporary injunction allowing schools to avoid the transgender bathroom directive. The transgender Bathroom directive proposed that transgenders be allowed to use which ever bathrooms they feel matches there gender identity.
