George H. W. Bush

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Bush's education platform consisted mainly of offering federal support for a variety of innovations, such as open enrollment, incentive pay for outstanding teachers, and rewards for schools that improve performance with underprivileged children.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Bush Presidency: First Appraisals|last1=Campbell|first1=Colin|last2=Rockman|first2=Bert|publisher=Chatham House Publishers, Inc.|year=1991|isbn=0-934540-90-X|location=Chatham, New Jersey|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bushpresidencyfi0000unse/page/83 83]|url=https://archive.org/details/bushpresidencyfi0000unse/page/83}}</ref> Though Bush did not pass a major educational reform package during his presidency, his ideas influenced later reform efforts, including [[Goals 2000]] and the [[No Child Left Behind Act]].{{sfn|Patterson|2005|pp=239–240}} Bush signed the [[Immigration Act of 1990]],<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Schultz|first1=Jeffrey D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WDV40aK1T-sC&pg=PA282|title=Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics: African Americans and Asian Americans|last2=Haynie|first2=Kerry L.|last3=Aoki|first3=Andrew L.|last4=McCulloch|first4=Anne M.|date=2000|publisher=Oryx Press|isbn=978-1-57356-148-8}}</ref> which led to a 40 percent increase in legal [[immigration to the United States]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Fix|first=Michael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jUJGWwD-9x8C&pg=PA304|title=The Paper Curtain: Employer Sanctions' Implementation, Impact, and Reform|date=1991|publisher=The Urban Institute|isbn=978-0-87766-550-2}}</ref> The act more than doubled the number of visas given to immigrants on the basis of job skills.<ref name="rpear1">{{cite news|last1=Pear|first1=Robert|title=Major Immigration Bill Is Sent to Bush|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/29/us/major-immigration-bill-is-sent-to-bush.html|access-date=August 25, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 29, 1990}}</ref> In the wake of the [[savings and loan crisis]], Bush proposed a $50&nbsp;billion package to rescue the [[Savings and loan association|savings and loans]] industry, and also proposed the creation of the [[Office of Thrift Supervision]] to regulate the industry. Congress passed the [[Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989]], which incorporated most of Bush's proposals.{{sfn|Greene|2015|pp=97–100}}