Improving America's Schools Act of 1994
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The Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) of 1994 was a major part of the Clinton
administration's efforts to reform education
. It was signed in the gymnasium of Framingham High School (MA)
. It reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965.
It included provisions or reforms for:
Title II--Dwight D. Eisenhower Professional Development Program
Title III--Technology For Education
Title IV--Safe And Drug-Free Schools And Communities
Title V--Promoting Equity
Title VI--Innovative Education Program Strategies
Title VII--Bilingual Education, Language Enhancement, And Language Acquisition Programs
Title VIII--Impact Aid
Title IX--Indian, Native Hawaiian, And Alaska Native Education
Title X--Programs Of National Significance
Title XI--Coordinated Services
Title XII--School Facilities Infrastructure Improvement Act
Title XIII--Support And Assistance Programs To Improve Education
Title XIV--General Provisions
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
administration's efforts to reform education
Education reform
Education reform is the process of improving public education. Small improvements in education theoretically have large social returns, in health, wealth and well-being. Historically, reforms have taken different forms because the motivations of reformers have differed.A continuing motivation has...
. It was signed in the gymnasium of Framingham High School (MA)
Framingham High School
Framingham High School, or FHS, is an urban/suburban public high school in the town of Framingham, Massachusetts, United States, located approximately 20 miles west of Boston...
. It reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act , is a United States federal statute enacted April 11, 1965. It was passed as a part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's "War on Poverty" and has been the most far-reaching federal legislation affecting education ever passed by Congress...
of 1965.
It included provisions or reforms for:
- The Title 1 program, providing extra help to disadvantaged students and holding schools accountable for their results at the same level as other students
- charter schools
- Safe and Drug-free schoolsDrug-free school zoneA Drug-free school zone is an area inclusive of any property used for school purposes by any school, whether or not owned by such school, within 1,000 feet of any such property, and within or immediately adjacent to school buses .It is any specific location in the community, especially an area...
- Eisenhower Professional Development
- Major increases in bilingual and immigrant education funding
- Impact aid
- Education technology and other programs.
Sections of the Law
Title I--Helping Disadvantaged Children Meet High StandardsTitle II--Dwight D. Eisenhower Professional Development Program
Title III--Technology For Education
Title IV--Safe And Drug-Free Schools And Communities
Title V--Promoting Equity
Title VI--Innovative Education Program Strategies
Title VII--Bilingual Education, Language Enhancement, And Language Acquisition Programs
Title VIII--Impact Aid
Title IX--Indian, Native Hawaiian, And Alaska Native Education
Title X--Programs Of National Significance
Title XI--Coordinated Services
Title XII--School Facilities Infrastructure Improvement Act
Title XIII--Support And Assistance Programs To Improve Education
Title XIV--General Provisions
External links
- Html Copy of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994, U.S. Department of EducationUnited States Department of EducationThe United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
website
- PDF Copy of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994, Federal Education Policy History website
- Standards, Assessments and Accountability National Academy of Education