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The National Defense Education Act, 1958 . This act established funds to improve instruction in mathematics, foreign language, and science which were considered important in the defense of the nation.
Child Rights Acts 1964 . This act was established to prevent discrimination in federally assisted programs and public accommodations and establishments, to protect constitutional rights in public facilities and public education, and start a Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity. Individuals could not be denied the right to vote in any Federal election based on a literacy test. This act also established the desegregation of public education and public facilities (http://public.findlaw.com/bookshelf-disability-rights-laws/anchor65310.html).
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) 1965 . This act increase federal funds to improve science and mathematics. The act was established to help low-income families to ensure students acquired the academic skills necessary for jobs (Chapter 1) ( (External Link) ). The HeadStart program was initiated in 1965 to start 2000 centers to help low income preschool children to prepare them for regular school.
Rehabilitation Act Section 504 1973 PL 93-112 . This act extended funds to States for vocational rehabilitation with an “emphasis on those with the most severe handicaps” so they could gain employment. Further, the specific section 504 rules that no one may be excluded from participation in programs that receive financial assistance.
Individual with Disabilities Education Act 1975 PL 94-142 . This act required “public schools to make available to all eligible children with disabilities a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment appropriate to their individual needs.
( www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep ). Emergency Immigrant Education Program Bilingual Immigrant Act of 1980 . This act was established to “assist State education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs) in providing supplementary educational services and offsetting costs for immigrant children enrolled in elementary and secondary public and nonpublic schools”. The targeted population was children who were not born in the any State, had been attending school in the States for less than three years, had limited English proficiency, and had lived in the United States for one to four years ( (External Link) ).
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act PL 105-332 of 1984. This act defined the sequence of courses related to preparing individuals for employment. It included applied learning to “an individual’s academic knowledge, higher order reasoning, problem solving skills, and the occupational-specific skills”.
Individual with Disabilities Education Act PL 101-476 of 1990 . This act provided extended program for children with disabilities including program for transition services, services for children with emotional disturbance, research on attention deficit disorder, assistive technology services, rehabilitation services, counseling and social work services, services for children with autism and traumatic brain injury.
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