Digitized Documents
This page provides access to the full text of laws, court decisions, reports, and other key documents in education policy.
1944 – Servicemen's Readjustment Act (G.I. Bill; P.L. 78-346)
1951 – Brown, et al file, a complaint against the Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas
1954 – Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (347 U.S. 483)
1955 – Brown II (349 U.S. 294)
1962 – Educational Television Facilities Act
1963 – Higher Education Facilities Act (P.L. 88-204)
1964 – Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (P.L. 88-352)
1965 – Higher Education Act (P.L. 89-329)
1965 – Older Americans Act (P.L. 89-73)
1966 – Child Nutrition Act (P.L. 89-642)
1967 – Age Discrimination in Employment Act (P.L. 90-202)
1968 – Architectural Barriers Act (P.L. 90-480)
1972 – Title IX of Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments (P.L. 92-318)
1983 – A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform
1990 – Americans with Disabilities Act (P.L. 101-336)
1993 – Education of the Deaf Act Amendments (P.L. 103-73)
1994 – Improving America’s Schools Act (P.L. 103-382)
1997 – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Amendments (P.L. 105-17)
1998 – Rehabilitation Act Amendments
1998 – Workforce Investment Act (P.L. 105-220)
1998 – Reading Excellence Act (in P.L. 105-277)
1998 - Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments (P.L. 105-332)
1998 – Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (P.L. 105-244)
2001 – No Child Left Behind Act (P.L. 107-110)
2002 – Education Sciences Reform Act (P.L. 107-279)
2004 – Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (P.L. 108-446)
Digitized documents available through the Digital Collections of the New York State Library
1965-2001 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Original act and available amendments and reauthorizations.
1940 – Lanham Public War Housing Act (P.L. 76-849)
1950 - Impact Aid Laws (P.L. 81-815)
1950 - Impact Aid Laws (P.L. 81-874)
1958 - National Defense Education Act (NDEA) (P.L. 85-864)
1958 - Education of Mentally Retarded Children Act of 1958 (P.L. 85-926)
1963 - Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Act (P.L. 88-156)
1963 - Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Construction Act (P.L. 88-164)
1973 – Rehabilitation Act (P.L. 93-112)
1974 - Education of the Handicapped Amendments of 1974 (in P.L. 93-380) (In title II of ESEA 1974 Amendments.)
1974 - Bilingual Education Act amended (in P.L. 93-380) (Begins on page 17 in Title VIII of ESEA 1974 Amendments.)
1974 – Equal Educational Opportunity Acts (in P.L. 93-380)
1975 – Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142)
1981 - Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA; P.L. 97-35)
1981 - Adult Education Act Amendments of 1981 (in P.L. 97-35)
1981 - Follow Through Act (in P.L. 97-35, repealed in 1994)
1981 - Head Start Act (in P.L. 97-35)
1984 - Bilingual Education Act amended (in P.L. 98-511)
1987 - McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (P.L. 100-77)
1988 - Bilingual Education Act amended (in P.L. 100-297)
1994 - Goals 2000: Educate America Act (P.L. 103-382)
1999 - Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act (Goals 2000; P.L. 106-25)
