Committee Debate Marked By Partisan Rancor
Efforts to wrap up the
reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in the
House education committee got off to a rocky start last week, as
Democrats charged that Republican proposals to increase flexibility for
states and districts would undermine their top priorities.
The intense partisanship echoed recent ESEA deliberations in the Senate education committee, and served as a further reminder that it may be hard to find enough common ground to approve a reauthorization in this Congress.
The legislation under consideration last week, HR 4141, is the last in a series of bills the House will consider to reauthorize the ESEA, the main federal law in precollegiate education. It would authorize roughly $2.4 billion in funding for technology, safe schools, Title VI block grants, and other programs. The committee spent two days considering amendments, and it is scheduled to reconvene this week to finish up...
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