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In 1839 Ohio passes the first law to officially allow Bilingual Education. This law allows for German English instruction in Cincinnati.

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In 1870 New Mexico passes a law that recognizes and permits Spanish Instruction in public elementary schools.

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1847 Louisiana French- English Instruction

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1847 Louisiana French- English Instruction

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in 1847 Louisiana passes the law allowing children to be taught French- English Instruction

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In 1906 Congress first federal language law requires all immigrant seeking naturalization to speak English. The law was passes in order to solve the Bilingual Education issue

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By the 1920's many states had mandated laws that required English-only instruction.

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In 1958 National Defense Education Act was created to provide aid to both public and private schools at all levels to advance the areas of science, math, and modern foreign languages.
The act also provided aid to English as a Second Language programs.

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1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

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1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

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In 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was passed by President Johnson.
The act outlined and provided funds for educational programs that were considered essential for children and public education. Bilingual Education was one such program that received funding

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The ESEA, Title VII was passed in 1967. The Bilingual Education Act became a federal statute under Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Amendment of 1967.
It provided federal funding for the Bilingual Education Act of 1968.

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This act was passed in 1968 and it mandated that schools provide Bilingual Education programs.
The act was passed during an era of growing immigration and an energized Civil Rights movement.
The act provided federal funding to encourage local school districts to try approaches incorporating native-language instruction. This was the first time U.S. Congress had endorsed funding for Bilingual Education.
Most states followed the lead of the federal government, enacting Bilingual Education Laws of their own or at least decriminalizing the use of other language in the classroom (Cohen, 29-31).
In its first year, the act provided funding for 76 Bilingual Education programs and served students who spoke 14 different languages.

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1982 Amendment to the Bilingual Education Act of 1968

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1982 Amendment to the Bilingual Education Act of 1968

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In 1982 Terrence Bell, Secretary of Education, saw the guidelines in the Bilingual Education Act as too inflexible.
Lawmakers amended the act, offering Title VII programs the option of using English-only instruction.

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In 1998 Proposition 227 was passes in order for all California students must be taught in English as rapidly as possible.
The proposition places non-English speaking students in a short-term English immersion program. Students generally do not spend more than one year in the program, however, one year after the English-only program was implemented, and only 7% of students who had participated in the program were considered fluent in the English language.
The proposition requires that all public education must be conducted in English and severely restricts the use of their native language for the instruction of English learners.
The proposition was marketed as the "English for the Children" movement.
The 2004 test results for CA public schools showed that the achievement gap was widening for English learners in CA.
In 2004, the test scores of English learners were declining in a majority of the grade levels.
Proposition 227 does not provide solutions to the challenges of cultural integration of language minorities.

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In 2001 the No Child Left Behind Act was passes in order to mandate that each state must measure every public school student's progress in reading and math from the third grade through the eighth grade. Further progress must be measured at least once between the tenth and twelfth grades.
By the 2007-2008 school year, assessments (or testing) in science will be underway.
The act requires that all teachers teaching in Bilingual Education programs be fluent in English and any other language used in the classroom.
The act gives parents the choice to enroll their children in a Bilingual Education program, but puts a three year "time-limit" on Bilingual programs. After a student has been in school for three consecutive years, English-only instruction must commence, regardless of the student's English speaking ability.