Federal Appeals Court Weighs Union's Suit Over NCLB
Cincinnati
The future of the biggest legal challenge to the No Child Left Behind Act is now in the hands of the federal appeals court based here.
The question before the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit revolves around whether a group of school districts backed by the National Education Association has a case in challenging the federal education law as an unfunded mandate.
“States and school districts are prisoners of this law,” Robert H. Chanin, the general counsel of the NEA, told the court during oral...
This article is available to subscribers only.
To keep reading this article and more, subscribe now or purchase this article.
Already have an account? Please login.
Subscribe to Education Week and Save
Get a full year and save up to 45%!
Most Popular Stories
Viewed
Emailed
Recommended
Commented
- Principals
- Prince George's County Public Schools, MD
- K-8 Principal
- EdVantages/Performance Academies, Detroit, MI
- Elementary School Teacher
- Success Academy Charter Schools, New York, NY
- Superintendent
- Pinellas County Schools, Pinellas County, FL
- Principal
- Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, Los Angeles, CA
