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No Child Left Behind fix lagging in Congress
- 05-20-2011
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By Christine Armario and Chris Williams/US News
The long-awaited overhaul of the 9-year-old No Child Left Behind law has begun in the House with the first in a series of targeted bills, but a bipartisan, comprehensive reform of the nation’s most important education law still appears far from the finish line. Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, said there’s no chance of meeting President Barack Obama’s August deadline. “I’ve been very, persistently clear that we cannot get this done by summer,” Kline said in an interview with The Associated Press. “It is just not going to happen.” Republicans have been divided by new lawmakers who tend to oppose any federal role in education and fiscal conservatives who want greater efficiency but are open to giving Washington some input. (more...)
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