Spellings Asks 6th Circuit to Reconsider NCLB Ruling

Decision's ramifications are 'immediate and irreparable,' filing says.

By Mark Walsh

Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings is asking a federal appeals court to reconsider a ruling that revived a major challenge to the No Child Left Behind Act.

In a court filing Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader Feb. 5, Bush administration lawyers asked the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, in Cincinnati, to reconsider last month’s decision Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader by a panel of the court that suggested states and school districts do not have to use their own money to comply with the education law’s mandates when federal funding falls short.

“The ramifications of the decision are immediate and irreparable, and they extend for the indefinite future,” the...

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