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Banning Prayer in Schools
The Supreme Court ruling in Engel v Vitale forbids organized prayer in public schools. -
Bilingual and Bicultural Public Schools
The large number of Cuban immigrant children arrived in Miami after the Cuban Revolution starting the 1st bilingual and bicultural public schools -
Civil Rights Act
Prohibits discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
Provides federal funds to help low-income students, which results in the initiation of educational programs such as Title I and bilingual education. -
Bilingual Education Act
Special assistance programs were required to give language minority students "full access to the learning environment, the curriculum, special services and assessment in a meaningful way." -
Title IX
Prohibits discrimination based on sex in all aspects of education. -
The Equal Educational Opportunities Act
It prohibits discrimination and requires schools to take action to overcome barriers which prevent equal protection. -
The Refugee Act of 1980
Reforms immigration law to admit refugees for humanitarian reasons and results in the resettlement of more than three-million refugees in the United States including many children who bring special needs and issues to their classrooms. -
No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)
The law, which reauthorizes the ESEA of 1965 and replaces the Bilingual Education Act of 1968, mandates high-stakes student testing, holds schools accountable for student achievement levels, and provides penalties for schools that do not make adequate yearly progress toward meeting the goals of NCLB. -
The DREAM ACT (DACA)
The DREAM Act (short for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act) was a bill in Congress that would have granted legal status to certain undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children and went to school here.
