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The historic and ongoing legal struggles for bilingual education include several failed legislative battles by proponents of making English an “official language.”. Crawford (2004) reported that Congress considered legislation that would make English the Official Language in 1981.
- Eric Ruiz Bybee, Kathryn I Henderson, Roel V. Hinojosa
- 2014
The Bilingual Education Act (BEA) was an amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Beginning in the late 19th century, millions of immigrants entered the United States, and many could not speak English.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Bilingual Education Act of 1968 — passed during an era of growing immigration and an energized civil rights movement — provided federal funding to encourage local school districts to try approaches incorporating native-language instruction.
Aug 1, 1995 · On June 3, 1973, Governor Dolph Briscoe signed into law the Bilingual Education and Training Act (S.B. 121) enacted by the Sixty-third Texas Legislature. This event marked a historic turning point in the education of Mexican American students in the state.
The Bilingual Education Act (BEA), also known as the Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments of 1967, was the first United States federal legislation that recognized the needs of limited English speaking ability (LESA) students.
1854 Governor Elisha Pease signed the Common School Law of 1854 that officially launched the Texas public school system. To fund public education, the Texas Legis-lature created the Special School Fund (later the Permanent School Fund).
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1930 - 1939. ESL, a methodology developed in the 1930s to meet the needs of foreign diplomats and university students, was now prescribed for language-minority children. Brown v. Board of Education. 1954. U.S. Supreme Court ruled that school segregation based on race was unconstitutional.
