Wis. Review Invites ‘No Child’ Lawsuit
Wisconsin’s attorney general has added new steam to discussions of how the federal No Child Left Behind Act might be derailed by states unhappily tied to the law’s dictates.
Peggy A. Lautenschlager, the top lawyer for Wisconsin, wrote this month that, in her view, state and local education officials could make a strong case against the law in court, and all but invited them to explore the possibility of doing so.
Her 11-page legal analysis is the closest a senior state official has come to challenging the law in court since the National Education Association said it hoped to find a state willing to join such a lawsuit. Union leaders hailed her review, though other observers and Wisconsin officials said it was unlikely...
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