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The States of NCLB

October 13, 2004 1 min read
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The Voters Speak

As a reminder that all politics—especially education politics—is ultimately local, legislatures in more half of the nation’s states have introduced resolutions challenging the Bush administration’s No Child Left Behind Act. Some of the mostly symbolic bills were unanimously adopted, others were killed outright, and many never even made it out of subcommittee hearing rooms.

Regardless of their fate, nearly all the bills reflected common concerns, as seen by the proposals listed in the table below. Legislation was launched by both Democratic and Republican lawmakers, but the majority of challenges came from “red states"—those George W. Bush carried in 2000—rather than from the “blue states” won by Al Gore.

Map by Wayne Vincent

BRIC ARCHIVE

Proposed Resolutions and Challenges to NCLB
Requesting waivers, revisions, or exclusions Requesting increase in federal funding Refusing to comply with all or part of NCLB Prohibiting spending of state money on NCLB mandates
AK x x
AZ x x x
CA x x
CO x x
CT x
FL x x
HI x x x
ID x
IN x
IA x
KS x x
KY x x x
LA x
ME x
MN x x
NH x
NJ*
NM x x
OH x
OK x
PA x
RI x
SC x
SD x
TN x
UT x x x
VT x x
VA x
WA x
WV x x
WI x x
WY x x
* New Jersey’s resolution proposed only one highly specific change to NCLB
SOURCES: National Conference of State Legislatures and staff research

A version of this article appeared in the October 02, 2004 edition of Teacher Magazine as The States of NCLB

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