Policy

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Each of the links to the right goes to a page of summaries that has links to the full text of the official document (when available).  While this is not a complete set of documents, an attempt was made to include the most influential in the policy arena today.
 

Orientation
Current issues
Timeline

Court cases
    Lau vs. Nichols (1974)
    Castañeda vs. Pickard (1981)
    Teresa P. vs. Berkeley (1989)
Federal legislation
    Improving America's Schools Act (1994)
        Title I: Helping Disadvantaged Students Meet High Standards 
        Title VII: The Bilingual Education Act
    Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Executive action
    OCR memoranda
        May 25, 1970
        Lau remedies
        December 3, 1985 (April 6, 1990 re-issue)
        September 27, 1991
    Bush Proposal - No Child Left Behind (2001)
States' policies
    California
    Texas
    New York

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