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Samuel A Kirk uses the term "Learning disabilities" during a conference in Chicago and due to that in 1964 the Association with Learning Disabilities is formed
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The Bilingual Education Act becomes a Law. Also known as Title VII.
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The law establishes a " comprehensive approach to meeting the unique needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students"
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This cover story from Newsweek heat up the debate about national literacy and gives motivation to the back-to-the-basics movement.
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This act provided services and offset the cost for school districts that had unexpectedly large numbers of immigrant students.
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This act increased annual immigration to 700,000 adding even more diversity to schools.
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This proposition was voted on in California denying benefits including public education to undocumented illegal aliens. Later the prop was overturned.
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Georgia became the first state to offer universal preschool to all four year old's.
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The American Association on Mental Retardation changes its name to American Association on Intellectual Disability to follow the trend of eliminating "retardation"
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Alabama becomes the first state to check the immigration status of students, this was ruled unconstitutional in Plyer v. Doe.
