NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Education: allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see S. 1210), S4793 [20JN] (see H.R. 2456), H3988 [20JN]

——— award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see S. 1126), S4058 [10JN]

——— ensure children are ready for college or a career by providing more State and local control over student, school, and teacher evaluations and achievements (see S. 1101), S3987 [6JN]

——— establish an alternative accountability model for elementary and secondary schools to measure student progress (see S. 943), S3429 [14MY] (see H.R. 1977), H2603 [14MY]

——— reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (see S. 1127), S4058 [10JN] (see H.R. 2515), H4078 [26JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 1094), S3954 [4JN]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Education: allow State and local educational agencies to use multiple measures to identify school academic performance, H4705, H4706 [18JY]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (S. 1126), S4060 [10JN]

——— ensure children are ready for college or a career by providing more State and local control over student, school, and teacher evaluations and achievements (S. 1101), S3988 [6JN]

——— reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (S. 1127), S4060 [10JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 1094), S3957 [4JN]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to alleged abuse of power, S8700 [12DE]

Reports filed

Strengthening America’s Schools Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1094) (S. Rept. 113–113), S7414 [11OC]

Texts of

S. 1210, Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success (A PLUS) Act, S4795 [20JN]