- Returning responsibility for accountability and school improvement to state and local leaders;
- Providing school districts more funding flexibility and replacing 49 federal education programs;
- Allowing states to opt-out of Common Core standards and prohibiting the federal government from taking any action against a state that does so;
- Protecting the right of states to opt-out of federal education programs;
- Providing eligible school districts the ability to have federal, state, and local funds follow students to the schools they attend; and
- Repealing mandates on teacher quality.
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In a rare bipartisan effort, Congress is on the verge of passing bicameral legislation that will redefine the federal and state relationship in the nation's K-12 education system and replace the much maligned No Child Left Behind law. The Every Student Succeeds Act (S. 1177) passed the House this week with a wide bipartisan majority vote of 359 to 64 and now goes to the Senate where passage is expected. The bill's key provisions include:
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