Scribd
Upload
236 views2 pages

Bilingual Education Timeline

This document outlines the history and timeline of bilingual education in the United States, beginning in 1906 with early court cases and legislation supporting bilingual education. It then highlights key events like the Bilingual Education Act of 1968 and various court cases establishing bilingual education rights, and more recent initiatives and laws promoting English-only education.

Uploaded by

api-293758675
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
236 views2 pages

Bilingual Education Timeline

This document outlines the history and timeline of bilingual education in the United States, beginning in 1906 with early court cases and legislation supporting bilingual education. It then highlights key events like the Bilingual Education Act of 1968 and various court cases establishing bilingual education rights, and more recent initiatives and laws promoting English-only education.

Uploaded by

api-293758675
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 2

BILINGUAL EDUCATION TIMELINE

The purpose of this page is to illustrate the path that bilingual education has taken through the U.S.
system of education.

1906: The Nationality Act (Texas)

1896: Plessy vs. Ferguson

1923: Meyer v. Nebraska

1927: Farrington v. Tokushige

1925: Pierce v. Society of Sisters

1944: Mo Hock Ke Lok Po v. Stainback

1954: Brown v. Board of Education

1964: Civil Rights Act

1965: Elementary and Secondary Education Act

Mid 1960's: Language legislation was given important support by President Johnson's War on Poverty.

1967: 1st U.S. Senate Congressional hearing on bilingual education.

1968: Bilingual Education Act (BEA)

1974: Bilingual Education Act

1974: Lau v. Nichols

1974: Serna v. Portales Municipal Schools

1975: Office of Civil Rights published the Lau Remedies.


Replaced by Lau Regulations at the end of the Carter Administration, which was withdrawn in 1981.

1981: Senator S.I. Hayakawa introduced a constitutional amendment that made English the sole official
language of the United States.
1983: Hayakawa founds "U.S. English", a legislative organization.
By 1998, twenty-five states had made English their official language.

1998: Ron Unz's Proposition 227 passed in California: the English for the Children initiative.

1999: State initiative in Utah promotes English-only laws in the state government.

2000: Proposition 203 passed in Arizona

2001: The Colorado English for the Children Initiative

2001: No Child Left Behind Act

You might also like