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Number One - Individuals With Disabilities Education Act 

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Number One - Individuals With Disabilities Education Act 

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The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, also known as the IDEA, which originally was passed by Congress in 1975 with additional amendments being passed up until its most recent version in 2004 is an act that provides equal education and opportunity to students with disabilities, as well as gives parents a voice in their children's special education. IDEA provides rights and protections to children with disabilities and to their parents because the IDEA's purpose is to ensure a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to students with disabilities. That being said, the IDEA provides and assists students in Individualized Education Programs (IEP) which is a way to improve the educational results for children with disabilities. Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) which ensures that children with disabilities are included in normal class functions and get equal opportunity to participate in the class that regular students have automatically, this is to the maximum extent appropriate and ensures that students with disabilities are educated with nondisabled students. Appropriate evaluation is also protected and ensures that students are regularly and appropriately evaluated in order to meet the goals of their IEP. Lastly, parents and teacher communication and participation are involved, and both the family and the teacher work together on the IEP to determine goals, the LRE, and to discuss other important considerations for each individual student.
This law had a massive impact on public education throughout the U.S. because it opened up opportunities to learning for any student that has a learning disability. Since the law was enacted, we now are seeing that every student is getting their equal access to education and they are getting it with inclusion. This means that students who are impaired are getting their education with student's who aren't, this is great for the IDEA because it ensures the student is being taught in the LRE which provides more security for equality and offers diversity and acceptance to all students in the classroom.

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The National School Lunch Act is a federally assisted meal program required in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care organizations. This law was signed into order under President Harry Truman in 1946. This act ensures nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to children each school day. Part of the act is providing a nutritious meal during the school day, and the NSLA has specific guidelines an institution must follow that meet federal requirement for the act. Part of these requirements includes "a gradual sodium reduction in food over the course of the year... and having half of schools grains in the breakfast and lunches be whole-grain rich." (USDA). Part of the program is to categorize students based on their needs to the meals based on a number of factors. Due to this, all students are subject to a meal for lunch but not every student receives the meal free or reduced. Students who do not fall under the needs criteria for this act pay full price for lunch which is determined by the school, however, this act secures free or reduced-priced lunches to students who are highly in need due to circumstances out of their control.
This law takes number two on my list because it perhaps has made one of the biggest impacts when it comes to students learning and success in schools. It is extremely important that while a child is out on a 6-8 hour school day that they are getting the food needed outside of being home in order to succeed at school. It is important for us as educators to realize that not every student get a nice packed lunch every day, and we as a nation have an obligation to make sure every child is fed at school because we don't want them worrying about when their next meal is. This law has provided millions of students access to a nutritional school lunch which is vital because we know that students, as well as their families, have circumstances that may result in hunger for their children at school. Feeding our students will always be necessary for schools because no child deserves to be hungry.

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The GI Bill has helped millions of veterans return to or start their educational careers post duty. This bill is designed to help service members and eligible veterans cover the cost associated with higher education or training. This bill was signed into law as the Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1944 and was sent to Congress by President Roosevelt on June 22, 1944. This was created to help veterans of WW2 as it established hospitals, made low-interest mortgages available and granted stipends covering tuition and expenses for veterans attending college or trade schools post-war. As a result of the bill, in 1949, 49% of college admissions were veterans. By 1959, 10 million veterans had received GI bill benefits.
This impact we see here is the solution of veterans coming back from war with so little in their hands. Majority of veterans who were coming back from war had lost their sense of direction and purpose and I believe that the GI bill gives opportunity and opens doors for these veterans to have a fresh start. Many of the veterans coming back from war simply could not afford to continue into higher education or training so it is within best interest that the bill provides so many useful benefits and services that these vets can utilize in order to enrich and make better their lives back here at home.

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Number Five - Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974

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Number Five - Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974

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This law also is known as the EEOA, was created in 1974 and is a federal law of the United States. This law prohibits any discrimination against faculty, staff and students including racial segregation of students, and requires the school districts to take action to overcome barriers to students' equal participation. Part of what helped this act was the civil rights act being passed in 1964, which banned discrimination and segregation against African Americans and women. It wasn't until the civil rights act that questioned the idea of "equal education" that lead to this act being passed in order to act on the racial issued regarding education in the U.S. around this time. Currently, the EEOA prohibits and protects the rights to the denial of equal educational opportunity by a state educational agency based on "race, color, sex, or national origin due to deliberate segregation, or the failure to take appropriate action to overcome language barriers that prohibit equal participation  by its students." (FindLaw, 2). The act also allows for lawsuits to be filed if any individuals believe themselves to be denied equal education from their peers. Civil action can be initiated if necessary.
The lasting impact we can see here is that there are laws in place that prohibit racial segregation from happening in terms of all personnel inside the school. Not only does this law apply to students, but also faculty and staff which make it important for us to realize that race should never be an issue when trying to get an equal and appropriate education. The banning of discrimination and opening up a door for all equal educational opportunity to all students has truly changed public education for the best.

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