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President Lyndon B. Johnson enacted the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) in 1965. The ESEA is the first and largest comprehensive federal education law that provides substantial monetary funds for K-12 education. As mandated in the act, the funds are authorized for educator's professional development, instructional materials, resources to support educational programs, and parental involvement promotion. The act was originally authorized through 1970, however the government has reauthorized the ESEA every five years since its enactment. As a result of the reauthorizations, the act has undergone numerous name changes and presidencies. However, the basic premise of the law still stands today; it provides targeted resources to help ensure that disadvantaged students have access to a quality public education. Lyndon Baines Johnson ( August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ...
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These programs include the Elementary and SecondaryEducationAct (ESEA), the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (IASA), Goals 2000, and Title VII of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (Education for Homeless Children and Youth).
Both the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee in the Senate and the Education and Workforce Committee in the House of Representatives have been holding hearings regarding the ESEA reauthorization since March.
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