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Tag: Patty Murray

  • ESEA Rewrite Passes Senate, Heads to President’s Desk

    An excerpt: Hear that collective whoop from the Capitol? That’s the sound of education advocates and lawmakers cheering at the finish line as the first rewrite of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in more than a dozen years sails through Congress and on to the White House.  The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved the…

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  • Via NYTimes.com: Senate Approves Overhaul of No Child Left Behind Law

    An excerpt: WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday approved a sweeping revision of the contentious No Child Left Behind law, sending to President Obama’s desk a proposal that ends an era of federal control in education policy after 14 years. The legislation, which passed the Senate by a vote of 85 to 12, would restore…

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  • Sources: House and Senate Negotiators Have Reached Preliminary ESEA Deal

    UPDATED Christmas seems to have come early this year for education advocates. After weeks of long and hard negotiations, House and Senate lawmakers have reached preliminary agreement on a bill for the long-stalled re-authorization of the No Child Left Behind Act, multiple sources say. The agreement will set the stage for an official conference committee,…

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  • NCAI: Update on the Murray-Ryan Budget Deal and the Trust Responsibility

    From NCAI: On December 10, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced that they reached a budget agreement, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, that would cover FY 2014 and FY 2015 and includes a partial reduction of sequestration cuts. The budget conference committee is responsible…

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