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One year after the NEA report was made, the Senator of Texas, Ralph Yarborough introduced the Bilingual Education Act (BEA) as an amendment. It was originally made to help mother tongue Spanish speakers who were seen as failing in the school system but was ultimately expanded to include all students that English was not their native language. The BEA indicated that bilingual education programs were seen as part of the federal education policy (Wiese & Garcia, 2001). It is important to Bilingual Education today because it was one of the first legislative acts that was put in place to give bilingual students the same opportunity and expectations as their native English speaking classmates without having a disadvantage within the classroom.

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1974: Reauthorization of the ESEA Title VII

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1974: Reauthorization of the ESEA Title VII

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In the 1974 reauthorization of the ESEA Title VII provided a clearer definition of bilingual education and required schools receiving grants include teaching student's home language so to allow children to progress effectively through the educational system (Wiese & Garcia, 2001). It was described that effective progress in student achievement could happen in their home language or English. The 1974 reauthorization stressed transitional bilingual education. This event is important to Bilingual Education today because it was a great step forward into recognizing students having a home language along with English but also understanding a student could achieve success within academics in both languages not just English, the minority language.

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President Clinton signing the Goals 2000 Act

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In 1994, the 103rd Congress undertook a major reform of education through legislation entitled Goals 2000, Educate America Act. This reform included acknowledgement that students whom English was a second language should be expected to achieve at high academic standards. This also strengthened the state role by requiring state educational authorities to review Title VII appropriations and provide additional funds to specific groups such as immigrants (Wiese & Garcia, 2001). This event is important to Bilingual Education because it acknowledged and gave bilingual students the representation they needed along with provided them with academics that are to their standard and enriched in higher standards as well.

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President Clinton signing the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)

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On December 13, 2001 by a vote of 381 to 41 the No Child Left Behind Act was approved by the House of Congress. It reauthorized the ESEA and remained in effect several years past expected. ELL issues were addressed under Title III 'Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students.' One problem that arouse from the NCLB was that it was focusing on what the bilingual students lacked (English) rather than focusing on who they were as emergent bilinguals and what the students are focused on learning. I find this event important to Bilingual Education now because of the emphasize it puts on the importance of legislators and congressman to be educated on what bilingual education really is. It raised the problem that bilingual students aren't lacking anything, they are gaining more knowledge of another language. Being bilingual means you are just advancing in your academics not back tracking to "catch up" with their peers.

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Approved Bill was placed on the November 2016 Ballot in California

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In the November 2016 the approved bill of Proposition 58 was placed on the ballot under Multi-lingual Education. The Proposition was indicated to 'Preserve the requirement that public schools ensure students be proficient in English, but also authorizes school districts to establish dual-language immersion programs for native and non-native English speakers. Another great point that was made by this bill was that parents had more involvement within their child's academics. They included parental and community input on language acquisition program that best suits their child. The bill was passed with a 72% voter approval. This event in Bilingual History is important to Bilingual Education today because this bill started a movement throughout many states that had Anti-bilingual laws in place. It gave not only bilingual students more opportunities but the whole community of bilingualism the path to freely and without prejudice speak their home language within schools without being punished. This bill began to change the way schools taught and continue to teach bilingual students.