Education Act (with its variations) is a stock
short title used for
legislation in
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
,
Hong Kong,
India,
Malaysia,
New Zealand, the
United Kingdom and the
United States that relates to
education. The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a Education Bill during its passage through Parliament.
The Education Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to education.
List
Australia
*The
1893 Education Act of Western Australia
Events
January–March
* January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America.
* Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson.
* January 6 &ndas ...
*The
Education Act 1872 (Vic)
The Education act of 1872 was a law which removed state funding of non-government schools, and created a new Education Department to control government schools in what later became the State of Victoria in Australia.
Contemporary reporting
On 17 ...
Hong Kong
*The
Education Ordinance
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Vari ...
1971
India
*
Kerala Education Bill, 1957
*Education Bill that became the
Indian Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act of 2009
Malaysia
*The
Education Act 1996
New Zealand
*The
Education Act 1877
*The
Education Act 1914
Education Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States that relates to education. The Bill for an Act with this short title wil ...
United Kingdom
*The Education Act 1833
*The Elementary Education Acts 1870 to 1893, the
collective title of the following Acts:
**The
Elementary Education Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict c 75) - the Forster Act
**The
Elementary Education Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict c 86)
**The
Elementary Education Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict c 70) - the Sandon Act
**The
Elementary Education (Industrial Schools) Act 1879 (42 & 43 Vict c 48)
**The
Elementary Education Act 1880 (43 & 44 Vict c 23) - the Mundella Act
**The
Education Code Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict c 22)
**The
Elementary Education Act 1891 (54 & 55 Vict c 56)
**The
Elementary Education (Blind and Deaf Children) Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict c 42)
**The
Elementary Education (School Attendance) Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict c 51)
**The
Elementary Education Act 1901
*The
Education Act 1901
*The
Education Act 1901 (Renewal) Act 1902
*The
Education Act 1902
The Education Act 1902 ( 2 Edw. 7 c. 42), also known as the Balfour Act, was a highly controversial Act of Parliament that set the pattern of elementary education in England and Wales for four decades. It was brought to Parliament by a Conservat ...
- sometimes known as the Balfour Act
*The
Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1906
*The
Education (Administrative Provisions) Act 1907
*The
Education Act 1918 - sometimes known as the Fisher Act
*The
Education Act 1936
*The
Education Act 1944
The Education Act 1944 (7 and 8 Geo 6 c. 31) made major changes in the provision and governance of secondary schools in England and Wales. It is also known as the "Butler Act" after the President of the Board of Education, R. A. Butler. Historians ...
- sometimes known as the Butler Act
*The
Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1948
The Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1948 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was passed during the Labour government of Clement Attlee. Amongst other provisions, it empowered local authorities to provide items of cloth ...
(repealed 1.11.1996)
*The
Education Act 1964
The Education Act 1964 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It made provisions in two areas which were previously not permitted by the Education Act 1944. These provisions included the setting up of Middle Schools, and the funding ...
*The
Education Act 1968
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Vari ...
*The
Education Act 1976
*The
Education Act 1979
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. ...
*The
Education Act 1980
The Education Act 1980 was an Act of Parliament relating to education in England and Wales. The Act gave local authorities greater autonomy, and had a large effect on the lives of children.
Passage through Parliament
The Education Bill referre ...
*The
Education Act 1981
*The
Education (No. 2) Act 1986
The Education (No. 2) Act 1986 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made various legal changes to education in the UK. Though introduced to the House of Commons by his immediate successor Kenneth Baker, the Act was prepared by ...
*The
Education Reform Act 1988
The Education Reform Act 1988 is widely regarded as the most important single piece of education legislation in England and Wales since the 'Butler' Education Act 1944.
Provisions
The main provisions of the Education Reform Act are as follows:
...
*The
Further and Higher Education Act 1992
The Further and Higher Education Act 1992 made changes in the funding and administration of further education and higher education within England and Wales, with consequential effects on associated matters in Scotland which had previously been ...
*The
Education Act 1994
*The
Education Act 1996
*The
School Standards and Framework Act 1998
*The
Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998
The Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998c 30 was enacted by the United Kingdom Parliament on 16 July 1998. It enabled universities to charge tuition fees, and established statutory General Teaching Councils (GTC's) for England, Wales and Norther ...
*The
Education Act 2002
*The
Higher Education Act 2004
*The
Education Act 2005
*The
Education and Inspections Act 2006
*The
Education Act 2011
Scotland
*The
Education Act 1496
*The
School Establishment Act 1616
The School Establishment Act 1616 was an Act of the Scottish Privy Council dated 10 December 1616. It mandated the establishment of publicly funded, Church-supervised schools in every parish of Scotland. The act was a consequence of the Scottish ...
*The
Education Act 1633
*The
Education Act 1646
The Education Act 1646 was an Act of the Parliament of Scotland (1646 c.46) that ordered locally funded, Church-supervised schools to be established in every parish in Scotland. It was passed by the Parliament at St. Andrews on 2 February 1646 in ...
*The
Education Act 1696
*The
Education (Scotland) Act 1980
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...
*The
Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992
Tertiary education, also referred to as third-level, third-stage or post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank, for example, defines tertiary education as including univers ...
*The
Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 - an Act of the Scottish Parliament
*The
Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2009 - an Act of the Scottish Parliament
The Education (Scotland) Acts 1872 to 1893 was the
collective title of the following Acts:
[The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2]
*The
Education (Scotland) Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict c 62)
*The
Education (Scotland) Act 1878
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Vari ...
(41 & 42 Vict c 78)
*The
Public Schools (Scotland) Teachers Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict c 18)
*The
Education (Scotland) Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict c 56)
*The
Parliamentary Grant (Caithness and Sutherland) Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict c 75)
*The
(53 & 54 Vict c 43)
*The
Day Industrial Schools (Scotland) Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict c 12)
Ireland
*The
Education Act 1695 - Act of the Parliament of Ireland
United States
*The
Higher Education Act of 1965
*The
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
See also
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List of short titles
This is a list of stock short titles that are used for legislation in one or more of the countries where short titles are used. It is also a list of articles that list or discuss legislation by short title or subject.
*Act of Uniformity (disambigu ...
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