Tag: Senate

• 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…

  December 9, 2015

  Article

  American Federation of Teachers, Barrack Obama, bipartisan, George W Bush, Lamar Alexander, Lily Garcia, National Education Association, No Child Left Behind, Patty Murray, Randi Weingarten, Senate, standardized testing, Testing Requirements

• 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,…

  November 13, 2015

  Article, Politics

  Bobby Scott, Early and Secondary Education Act, ESEA, House, John Kline, Lamar Alexander, No Child Left Behind Act, Patty Murray, Senate

• 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…

  Matthew Campbell

  December 13, 2013

  Announcement, Budget, Discussion

  2011 Budget Control Act, Budget, House, Patty Murray, Senate, United States House Committee on the Budget