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The National Defense Education Act (NDEA) (Public Law 84-911) provided funding to United States education institutions.
U.S. federal legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by Pres.Eisenhower on Sept. 2, 1958, provided funding to improve American schools and to promote postsecondary education. The goal of the legislation was to enable the country’s educational system to meet the demands posed by national security needs. Of particular concern was bolstering the United States’ ability to compete with the Soviet Union in the areas of science and technology. (https://youtu.be/ASyL6bNHq04) -
The Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments (Public Law 89-750)
Established the first Federal grant program for the education of children and youth with disabilities at the local school level and established the Bureau of Education of the Handicapped & the National Advisory Council. Was passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on 4/11/65. As part of Johnson's "War on Poverty," the act has been the most far-reaching federal legislation affecting education ever passed by the United States Congress. -
Bilingual Education Act (or Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) (Public Law 90-247)
BEA was introduced in 1967 by TX senator Ralph Yarborough and was both approved by the 90th U.S. Congress and signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on 1/5/68. While some states, such as CA and TX, already had policies and programs designed to meet the special ed needs of elementary and secondary school students not fluent in the English language, this act signaled that the federal government now also recognized the need for and value of bilingual ed programs in U.S. public education. -
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142) ensured that all handicapped children have a free education designed to meet their special needs.
This act required all public schools to accept federal funds to provide equal access to education for children with physical and mental disabilities. To ensure that special education services are available to children who need them. To guarantee that decisions about services to students with disabilities are fair and appropriate. To establish specific management and auditing requirements for special education (https://www.mottchildren.org/health-library/ue4929) -
The Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments (Public Law 98-199) passed in 1984.
The law added the Architectural Barrier amendment and clarified the participation of handicapped children in private schools. It also reauthorized the discretionary programs, established services to facilitate school-to-work transition through research and demonstration projects; established parent training and information centers; and provided funding for demonstration projects and research in early intervention and early childhood special education. -
The Handicapped Children’s Protection Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-372)
This allowed parents of handicapped children to collect attorneys’ fees in cases brought under the Education of the Handicapped Act and provided that the Education of the Handicapped Act does not preempt existing legislation such as the Rehabilitation Act. -
The Child Development and Education Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-239)
This act authorized appropriations to expand Head Start Programs and programs carried out under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include child care services. This law was introduced as H.R. 3 by CBC Founder Representative Augustus Hawkins. The Act defines parental responsibility as "all the rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which by law a parent of a child has in relation to the child and his property". -
The No Child left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110)
Before NCLB, schools didn’t focus on the progress of disadvantaged students. For example kids who got special ed services were often shut out of general education, also left out of state tests. Signed into law in 2002. The Act requires states to develop assesements in basic skills to be given to all students in certain grades if those states are to receive federal funding for schools. The Act does not assert a national achievement standard; standards are set by each individual state. -
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Revision)
In 2010, the Obama administration released its blueprint for revising (ESEA). According to the Dept. of Ed, “The blueprint challenges the nation to embrace education standards that would put America on a path to global leadership. It provides incentives for states to adopt academic standards that prepare students to succeed in college and the workplace, and create accountability systems that measure student growth toward meeting the goal that all children graduate and succeed in college.”