NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Education: allow States to enter into performance agreements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see S. 827), S2506 [14AP] (see H.R. 2514), H5018 [13JY]

———authorizing appropriations for improving basic programs operated by local educational agencies (see H.R. 864), H1455 [1MR]

———award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see S. 393), S870 [17FE] (see H.R. 820), H1250 (see H.R. 820), H1362 [18FE]

———eliminate the Ready To Learn program (see H.R. 3456), H7828 [17NO]

———establish an alternative accountability model for elementary and secondary schools to measure student progress (see S. 1654), S6090 [4OC]

———provide States and local educational agencies with maximum flexibility in using certain Federal education funds (see S. 1569), S5684 [15SE]

———reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (see S. 1328), S4394 [6JY]

Education: allow States to establish college- and career-readiness goals, identify lowest-peforming schools, establish teacher licensure and certification requirements, and reduce paperwork (see S. 1571), S5684 [15SE]

———amend relative to highly qualified teachers, growth models, adequate yearly progress, Native American language programs, and parental involvement (see S. 1724), S6600 [17OC]

———assist State and local educational agencies to prepare, train, and recruit effective teachers and principals (see S. 1567), S5684 [15SE]

———provide flexibility and improvements in elementary and secondary education (see S. 280), S544 [3FE]

———reform accountability system for elementary and secondary schools (see S. 1725), S6600 [17OC]

———reform schools and give children the tools needed to succeed (see S. 5), S121 [25JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: improve waiver authority available to State and local agencies relative to statutory or regulatory requirements (see S. 1568), S5684 [15SE]

Schools: expand successful models, reduce administrative burdens, improve funding, allow direct agency application to the Federal Government, and encourage sharing of best practices relative to charter schools (see S. 1566), S5684 [15SE]

Factsheets

Elementary and Secondary Education—How Has the Environment Changed Over the Past 10 Years, S5644 [15SE]

How To Fix ``No Child Left Behind'', S5644, S5645 [15SE]

What the Nation Has Learned From No Child Left Behind—Good and Bad, S5644 [15SE]

Why We Need To Fix No Child Left Behind, S5644 [15SE]

Letters

Reform: Senator Alexander, S6572 [17OC]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Education: allow States to enter into performance agreements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement, H2657 [13AP]

Education: permit States to discontinue certain testing procedures, H8984 [15DE]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (S. 393), S888 [17FE]

———establish an alternative accountability model for elementary and secondary schools to measure student progress (S. 1654), S6093 [4OC]

———provide States and local educational agencies with maximum flexibility in using certain Federal education funds (S. 1569), S5641, S5642 [15SE], S5735 [20SE]

———reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (S. 1328), S4395 [6JY]

Education: allow States to establish college- and career-readiness goals, identify lowest-peforming schools, establish teacher licensure and certification requirements, and reduce paperwork (S. 1571), S5641, S5642 [15SE]

———assist State and local educational agencies to prepare, train, and recruit effective teachers and principals (S. 1567), S5641 [15SE]

———provide flexibility and improvements in elementary and secondary education (S. 280), S549 [3FE]

———provide flexibility in assessing the best vehicles used to measure adequate yearly progress of special needs students, S5642 [15SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: improve waiver authority available to State and local agencies relative to statutory or regulatory requirements (S. 1568), S5641 [15SE]

Reform, S2007-S2009 [31MR], S5641-S5644, S5648-S5650 [15SE], S5874-S5876 [22SE], S6571 [17OC], S6654, S6656 [18OC], S6717-S6724 [19OC], S7349-S7351 [10NO]

Schools: expand successful models, reduce administrative burdens, improve funding, allow direct agency application to the Federal Government, and encourage sharing of best practices relative to charter schools (S. 1566), S5641, S5644 [15SE], S5736 [20SE]

Summaries

Allow States to Establish College- and Career-Readiness Goals, Identify Lowest-Performing Schools, Establish State Teacher Licensure and Certification Requirements, and Reduce Paperwork (S. 1571), S5645 [15SE]

Empowering Local Educational Decisionmaking Act (S. 1569), S5645 [15SE]

Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act (S. 1566), S5646 [15SE]

State Innovation Pilot Act (S. 1568), S5646 [15SE]

Teacher and Principal Improvement Act (S. 1567), S5645 [15SE]

Texts of

S. 5, Reform America's Schools To Educate the Leaders of the Future Act, S129 [25JA]

S. 393, Prescribe a Book Act, S889 [17FE]

S. 1328, Strengthening Kids' Interest in Learning and Libraries (SKILLs) Act, S4395-S4397 [6JY]

S. 1654, Growth to Excellence Act, S6093-S6095 [4OC]