In 1988, BEI was one of the few private schools in Texas authorized by the US Immigration and Naturalization Service to teach English and Civics to the newly legalized immigrants who had received amnesty in the Houston area.
In 1991, BEI became a consortium subcontractor with Houston Community College System providing ESL (levels 1, 2 & 3) funded by the National Literacy Act (NLA) of 1991, P.L. 102-73. In 1992, BEI was awarded an outreach grant by the Governor’s Campaign against Employment Discrimination, for which BEI received outstanding recognition from the Governor for services provided.
From 1995 to 1997, BEI provided students, most of whom were refugees, Bilingual Office Administration Training. The program was funded by JTPA Title II-A, II-C/ Houston Works.
In 1996, BEI received a grant for Texas Citizenship Initiative (Citizenship Outreach) from TDHS, Office of Immigration and Refugee Affairs.
BEI has been serving the education needs of the refugee population in Harris County since 1991, through RSS, TAG, and TAD grants from TDHS, today is known as HHSC.
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