Economic Opportunity Act and Head Start

The Law that I focused on was the Economic Opportunity Act of 1972. The Economic Opportunity Act was originally signed in 1964 by Lyndon B. Johnson and Michael Herbert. Through this Act Project Head Start was developed to provide early eduction to children in poverty. In 1972, Public Law 92-424 Economic Opportunity Act Amendment established a preschool mandate that required that not less than 10% of the total number of Head Start placements be reserved for children with disabilities. Having children with disabilities included in classrooms with typical children has become a major activity of Head Start. With this amendment to the law Head Start became the "first national mainstreaming program."