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ESEA
President Johnson created a committee to target America's educational problem. H.R. 2362 and Senate §.370.
This program was designed to provide funds for schools with low income students.20 U.S.C. 6301-6339, 6571-6578.
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Amendment1965
H.R. 9022 is passed to Amend ESEA. This bill was signed to allow federal aid to be used to rebuild public schools that are damaged by natural disaster. -
Amendment 1966
H.R. 13161 is passed to extend the program for 2 more years. -
1967
Bilingual Education Act was created to help provide schools with funding that were low performing. This act provided funds/grants to those schools to improve their bilingual programs. -
Amendment 1968
Amendment is signed to extend program to 1970. First legislation item that gave support for Limited English Speaking Ability (LESA) students. -
1981
President Regan passed Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. This gave schools ability to use funds school wide. It also gave more regulations as to how the funds could be uses. -
1993
Edgewood ISD vs. Kirby- Edgewood ISD took a case to the Texas Supreme Court, stating that districts were not given an equal amount of funds. Edgewood ISD stated that the poorer districts in which property taxes were based off the home values could not be equal to those of wealthier districts. In 1993 it was passed. This provided a flat tax cap, and if wealthier districts went over it, the state could recapture it and provide it to the poorer school districts. -
1994
President Clinton passed Improving America's Schools Act. This allowed more schools to access Title I funds. -
2001
President Bush passes the No Child Left Behind Act. This put accountability on schools to show yearly progress on test scores. Punitive actions were placed if progress wasn't shown. Schools still received funding, but higher performing schools were given the funds. -
2015
Obama signs the Every Student Succeeds Act. This gave schools more flexibility. It also kept the requirement of progress on standardized testing. -
References
Walsh, C. (2011). Erasing Race, Dismissing Class: San Antonio Independent School District V. Rodriguez. Berkeley La Raza Law Journal, 21, 133–171. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com.easydb.angelo.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lgh&AN=63231780&site=eds-live -
References
(2018, October 24). Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies (Title I, Part A). U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved June, 25, 2019, from https://www2.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/index.html