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SB 1136 No Child Left Behind Act; Board of Education to seek waiver.

Introduced by: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

No Child Left Behind Act; Board of Education to seek waivers.  Directs the Board of Education to seek waivers from compliance with provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act that (i) are in conflict with Title IX, Section 9527 (a) of the federal Code, which prohibits federal authorities from mandating, directing, or controlling state or local allocation of resources and from mandating state or local expenditure of funds or incursion of any costs not paid for under the Act; (ii) are duplicative of the Standards of Quality, Standards of Learning, and Standards of Accreditation; or (iii) are lacking in effectiveness.  Further, the Board must examine the fiscal and other implications for the Commonwealth and its local governments in the event that Virginia continues its compliance with, or withdraws from participation in, the federal No Child Left Behind Act.  The Board must convey its findings from such examination to the House Committees on Education and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance no later than October 1, 2005.  Senate Bill 948 (Potts) is incorporated into this bill.  This bill is identical to House Bill 2602 (Landes).


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