No Child Left Behind law clears major hurdle
The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly voted Wednesday to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind law, sponsored by Second District Republican Rep. John Kline.
House Democrats opposed the measure because they fear it will prevent low-income schools from getting enough funding.
But Kline and Republican leaders were also pushed from the right wing of their party. Some GOP lawmakers thought the law didn’t go far enough to allow states to opt out of the law all together.
Kline’s bill makes some big changes to the law, including giving schools more authority to assess school performance. And under the rewrite, per pupil funding will follow low-income kids to any public school they attend.
The Senate also is considering legislation this week to overhaul the law.
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