For over the course of the past 25 years. the ESEA has reached out again and again to address the educational needs of an increasing number of needy populations. Over time. the act was amended to serve children who were previously ineligible to receive chapter 1 assistance. This includes specific provisions for migrant children. neglected and delinquent children. and youth in correctional institutions. The ESEA was amended in 1966 to include the massive Education for all Handicapped Children Act. which later became an independent act. Programs were added in 1968 to provide educational assistance for limitedEnglishproficient students. particularly the growing number of childern of recent immigrants. Today. that program. the Bilingual Education Act. serves hundreds of thousands of childern. In addition. the ESEA has been amended to include programs for native Americans and Hawaiians.
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