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Harvest of Shame Documentary
A movie that showed the plight of migrant farmworkers and started a national debate Movie on YouTube -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
ESEA
1965: Congress passed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) to provide financial assistance to LEAs with concentrations of children from low-income families. The goal was to expand and improve educational programs to help meet the special education needs of educationally deprived children. However, because of issues associated with their frequent moves, migratory children could not always benefit from it. -
Migrant Education Program Created
MEP
1966: MEP program was established to help alleviate the problems faced by this mobile population . It was initially designed to serve the children of the migratory farmworkers. Later revisions included amendments to include migratory fishers and dairy workers. -
No Child Left Behind Act takes effect
NCLB
2001: No Child Left Behind (NCLB) passed. As a result, the Department of Education (ED) was required to link existing state MEP database to electronically transfer health and education information nationally. In response, ED implemented the Migrant Student Information Exchange (MSIX). Its primary mission is to ensure the appropriate enrollment, placement, and accrual of credits for migrant children.
