The first federal grant of money for education was
a. the Smith-Hughes Act (1917), which financed vocational education in secondary schools.
b. the National Defense Education Act (1958), which provided funds to improve math, science, and foreignlanguage education.
c. the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, which made a direct subsidy available for almost everyschool district for
library acquisitions, audiovisual materials, teachers' aides, and compensatory programs forchildren of poor families and for the mentally and physically disabled.
d. the National Education Act of 1901, which provided a national subsidy for school lunches and money fortextbooks.
a
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