Elementary and Secondary Education Act
The act was originally authorized through 1965; however, the government has reauthorized the act several times since its enactment—often well after the expiration of the previous reauthorization. The reauthorization of ESEA by President George W. Bush was known as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. ESEA was reauthorized on December 10, 2015 as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) by President Barack Obama.
City of Bath Technical School
1900 saw the School leaving age raised to 12 years. The Education Act 1902 laid down the system of secondary education, abolished school boards, and replaced them with the local education authorities of county and county boroughs councils. In the following year,1903; the Bath Education Committee was formed and took over from the Bath and Twerton school boards. 1906 was the introduction of the Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1906. Education committees were authorised to spend money on meals for children. A Report on technical education (the Haldane Report) was prepared. In 1907 the Education (Administrative Provisions) Act 1907 was passed. Local education authorities to provide medical inspection of children in elementary schools.