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The Bennet Act in Wisconsin and the Edwards Act in Illinois made children from the age of 8-14 in both public and private schools must be instructed in English in reading, writing, arithmetic and American History.
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This was Congress' first language law requiring that all immigrants seeking to become a citizen should speak English. This law was "supposedly" created to solve the bilingual education issue.
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By this time, 34 states had laws requiring English-only instruction in all private and public primary schools in an effort to "Americanize" immigrants.
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Following the passage of the Bilingual Education Act, bilingual education began to come under attack for being ineffective and a waste of money
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Most states with significant "LEP" populations passed legislation to provide a variety of bilingual programs in an effort to support bilingual instruction.
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1,856 Chinese speaking children in San Francisco argued that they were being denied an equal education because they could not understand the classroom instruction and no accommodations were made for their language differences (the court ruled that the school district had to take affirmative steps to provide access to the same curriculum that English speaking students received)
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Congress passed the Equal Educational Opportunities Act (EEOA) that required school districts to take appropriate action to overcome language barriers that impede equal participation in its instructional programs.
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Provided funding for programs that used only English language learners (4% were reserved for those kinds of programs)
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All California students must be taught in English which placed non-English speaking students in a short-term English immersion program
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Previously named the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, replaced with the English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement Act. This aimed at improving public, primary and secondary schools and student performance.