MAINTAINS STRONG ACCOUNTABILITY,
STRENGTHENS PARENTAL EMPOWERMENT
WASHINGTON– U.S. Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Judd Gregg (R-NH), members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today introduced the first comprehensive reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act to be introduced in the 110th Congress. The proposal maintains strong accountability provisions in the bill and strengthens a number of teacher and parent initiatives.
Senator Gregg, one of the four authors of the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act as then-Ranking Member of the Senate HELP Committee, stated, “The bill we are introducing today preserves the key tenets of the No Child Left Behind Act, while rightly responding to the legitimate concerns we’ve heard from parents, teachers and principals around the country. We maintain the accountability set forth in current law, which has contributed to historic increases in student achievement. In the 5 years since the passage of NCLB, student achievement has increased more than in the 30 years previous years combined. (This claim has been widely disputed.) While the bill preserves the NCLB accountability system, it also provides additional flexibility to help schools target resources and interventions to students and schools most in need of assistance
Senator Gregg, one of the four authors of the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act as then-Ranking Member of the Senate HELP Committee, stated, “The bill we are introducing today preserves the key tenets of the No Child Left Behind Act, while rightly responding to the legitimate concerns we’ve heard from parents, teachers and principals around the country. We maintain the accountability set forth in current law, which has contributed to historic increases in student achievement. In the 5 years since the passage of NCLB, student achievement has increased more than in the 30 years previous years combined. (This claim has been widely disputed.) While the bill preserves the NCLB accountability system, it also provides additional flexibility to help schools target resources and interventions to students and schools most in need of assistance
This from Alexander Russo & the Burr, Gregg press release.
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