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1994. Bilingualism perceived as an academic goal. Provided funding for dual language programs that included English speakers and also to support Native American languages. This law aimed to bring limited English proficient (LEP) students into mainstream school reform efforts, so they would not be ignored when making policies.
This is important for bilingual education because being bilingual was given value, so people would not want to abandon their language. Also, bringing students with limited English proficiency and their needs into the main stream was a big step so their needs would be taking into consideration. This law rejects/contradicts the English only movement and opens a space for Bilingual education at the federal level.

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1983. Organization advocating that English be recognized as the official language of the US and as the language used in academic settings (schools) and government. It sparked debate about the dominant place of English in society, law, and education. This is important to bilingual education because like the Anti-German sentiment, it created a hostile environment for any language that was not English. If a country is against any other language (or the majority of the country), the funding as well as the drive to create bilingual programs will decline and eventually disappear.

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Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) 

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Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) 

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In 1967, Congress passed the ESEA, it provided special grants to meet the needs of "educationally deprived children". Also, Congress added Title VII, in order to provide federal funding for bilingual education.
This is important because it was the first time that bilingual education received federal funding. Bilingual education was starting to be noticed as a need.

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1917-1919. A result of this war was a sentiment of Anti-German. Being American meant being against anything foreign. This was a major event in the American ideology and identity. This sentiment was founded on monolingualism ideas as well as assimilation ideas. By 1919, the Americanization Department of the United States Bureau of Education adopted a resolution that stated that all education (private and public) in all states should be conducted in English.
This is important to bilingual education because it was when a language was proclaimed as appropriate and correct in schools opposed to other home languages. This represent English as the academic language of the nation and dismisses any other language.

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This act was passed in 1906. It required people who were applying for US citizenship to speak English. It was believed that by unifying the language, it would unify the country. It gave the US a common language, making the act of speaking English a national symbol. It is important to bilingual education because it was the first time an act was passed recognizing a language as a national language. This gave power to the monolingual ideology.