The Elementary and Secondary Education Act, signed by President Lyndon Johnson on 11 April 1965 as part of the War on Poverty, established the first major sustained federal role in American K-12 school funding. Its centerpiece, Title I, directs federal money to schools serving low-income students; other titles funded library resources, supplementary education centers, research and state education agencies. It remains in force today through successive reauthorizations, most recently the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015.
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Policy TypeAccess or Equity Policy 1 Education LevelPrimary Education (ISCED 1) 2 Education LevelLower Secondary Education (ISCED 2) 2 Education LevelUpper Secondary Education (ISCED 3) 2 Key ProvisionEstablished Title I federal funding directed at schools serving low-income children, the first major sustained federal financial role in American public schooling. 4 Enacted / Adopted Year Policy Status
Policy Status (category) FAQs
What purpose does the law give for Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act?
It aims to give all children a fair and high-quality education and close achievement gaps.
The United States Code states the purpose of Title I as providing all children significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, and high-quality education, and to close educational achievement gaps.
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England's Education Act 1944 and the United States' Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 are each landmark national legislation expanding state-funded schooling in their own country, enacted two decades apart with no direct link between the two acts.
Source Wikipedia
ESSA is the current reauthorization of ESEA.
Source U.S. Department of Education
Head Start and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act were both launched in 1965 as flagship education programs of President Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty.
Source Wikipedia
NCLB is a reauthorization of ESEA, not a separate statute.
Source Wikipedia
Sources
1. Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: 20 U.S. Code 6301, Statement of purpose
Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law SchoolSection 6301Quote, Section 6301
The purpose of this subchapter is to provide all children significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, and high-quality education, and to close educational achievement gaps.
2. Wikipedia: Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B.
Elementary and Secondary Education Act article, introduction
the act provides federal funding to primary and secondary education, with funds authorized for professional development, instructional materials, resources to support educational programs, and parental involvement promotion.
Elementary and Secondary Education Act article, April 1965 signing
Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 11, 1965.
Elementary and Secondary Education Act article, abbreviation
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).
In Category: Curriculum, Assessment and Policy, Elementary and Secondary Education Act article
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 11, 1965.
View the Source 3. U.S. Government Publishing Office: Public Law 114-95, Every Student Succeeds Act
U.S. Government Publishing OfficeLong titleQuote, Long title
To reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves.
4. Wikipedia
Wikimedia FoundationElementary and Secondary Education Act article, Title I section
Title I ("Title One"), which is a provision of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act passed in 1965, is a program created by the U.S. Department of Education to distribute funding to schools and school districts with a high percentage of students from low-income families.
Associated With: No Child Left Behind Act, No Child Left Behind Act article, ESEA reauthorization statement
The No Child Left Behind Act was billed as a successor to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which had been signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965.
View the Source U.S. Department of Education
Associated With: Every Student Succeeds Act, ESSA page, ESEA lineageQuote, Associated With: Every Student Succeeds Act, ESSA page, ESEA lineage
This bipartisan measure reauthorizes the 50-year-old Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).
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