[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 27 (Thursday, March 4, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H835]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 POSITIVE IMPACT OF NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ON SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS

  (Mr. BOEHNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, yesterday in the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce, we were pleased to have a hearing on No Child Left 
Behind and its impact on special education students. For the first time 
in history, those students in special education will be judged based on 
results and the fact that we know that children with disabilities can, 
in fact, learn.
  We had four distinguished witnesses from around the country talking 
about how special education is changing as a result of No Child Left 
Behind. School districts now must focus in on results for our special 
needs children. These four witnesses, a parent, a school superintendent 
and two education experts, talked about how special education students 
are in fact learning more and improving their capability.
  For most children with special needs, there really is no excuse that 
they cannot read and write and become literate like all other children. 
Many children in special education can do far more than that; and by 
focusing in on results for children with special needs, we can in fact 
meet our goal with No Child Left Behind, which is just that: let us 
leave no child in America behind.

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