"Unfunded" may be the key to getting rid of NCLB

[proud2BlibKansan]

Education Week
May 4, 2005
NCLB Cases Face Hurdles in the Courts
Suits Focus on Law's Language on Funding
By CAROLINE HENDRIE

When cobbling together the landmark No Child Left Behind Act in 2001, Congress quietly tacked on an unusual provision that says the law does not require states or school districts “to spend any funds or incur any costs not paid for under this act.”

Little noticed at the time and lifted directly from an earlier version of the law enacted in 1994, the clause was originally pushed by Republican legislators wary of federal intrusion into schools by the Democratic administration of President Bill Clinton.

In a historical twist, the language has now become the main legal weapon brandished by those hoping to prove in the courts that the Republican administration of President Bush has overstepped its authority in carrying out the law he championed.

“This whole situation is replete with irony,” said William Galston, who was a top domestic-policy aide to President Clinton and is now the interim dean of the University of Maryland’s school of public policy.

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[Kerrytravelers]

1. Anything to get rid of this educational crisis.

NCLB is a crime against our children. Period.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. This is really funny

a provision that the repukes insisted on during the Clinton admininstration is the best bet we have to fight against this unfunded mandate.