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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
President George Bush signs into law the Americans with Disabilities Act, prohibiting discrimination against people with physical or mental disabilities. The key areas affected by the law were employment, transportation, telecommunications, and public accommodations-- including school buildings. -
Bush signs $1.6 vocational education billion bill
President Bush signs a bill to improve voational education by telling states to integrate academic skills into voational classes to develop basic and advanced skills, as well as providing funding for "tech-prep" programs linking high schools with local community colleges -
Franklin vs. Gwinnett Case
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Title IX of a 1972 education law entitled students at schools receiving federal funds who were the victims of sexual harassment and other forms of sex discrimination to sue for monetary damages. -
Jewish School District Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court rules that a special school district set up to accomodate disabled children, inhabited entirely by members of an orthodox Jewish enclave, is unconstitutional. -
Arizona Uniforms Affirmed
Arizona state court judge rules that a public school district had the right to require that their students wear school uniforms. The ruling affirms that such a requirement cannot be overruled by the parents. -
President Clinton- Internet Connection
Department of Education grants to public schools to help them connect to the Internet. -
President Clinton- Revises Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1975
Clinton signs a bill revising the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1975 changing the funding formulas, which would end up helping out in the classroom. -
President Clinton- Reauthorizing 1965 Higher Education Act
Temporarily lowered interest rates for students and incrementally increased the total amount available through a Pell Grant. -
Clinton Expands Federal Aid
President Clinton expands federal aid to charter schools while setting stricter standards for schools to qualify for federal funding. -
Columbine High School Shooting
At Columbine High School, two boys shoot and kill 12 fellow students and a teacher, and wound more than 20 other classmates. Affects school safety across not only the state of Colorado, but the entire country. Safety procedures are created from this point on and taught to all grade levels everywhere.
