Rewrite of ‘No Child’ Law Planned
The House Education and Labor Committee plans a bipartisan push to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, known in its latest version as the No Child Left Behind law, according to Congressional Quarterly.
The plan to hold a series of hearings and an invitation to stakeholders to submit comments via e-mail message comes when lawmakers from both parties agree that the law needs to be rewritten, though there is skepticism about whether the overhaul can be finished this year.
The current version’s focus on standardized testing to measure student achievement — and on the federal government’s expanded role in an area traditionally left to local authorities — has drawn criticism across the ideological spectrum.
The Obama administration has called on Congress to complete the reauthorization in 2010. It made an additional $1 billion dollars in education funding available in its fiscal 2011 budget proposal, contingent on enactment.
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