Goodling Says Committee Will Tackle ESEA
Heading into his last term in Congress, the chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee is moving to take a stronger-than-expected role in updating the law that governs most federal elementary and secondary school programs.
Rep. Bill Goodling, R-Pa., has decided that the full committee in the 106th Congress--which convenes in January--will "mark up" the Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization bill. The bill will authorize federal school aid programs, the bulk of which are aimed at disadvantaged children, for five years.
In previous sessions, the K-12 subcommittee has done the markup. That term is Capitol Hill lingo for the nitty-gritty of considering amendments before advancing a bill in its...
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