'No Child Left Behind' Opt Out Advances in Arizona: Concern Mounts Over Loss of Federal Funding
Arizona Capitol Times › February 24, 2007
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As a Senate proposal to allow schools to opt out of the federally mandated No Child Left Behind program advanced to the House, discussion centered on how it would affect the hundreds of millions of federal dollars attached to it.
Specifically, one question loomed large even as lawmakers agreed to reconsider the proposal after initially rejecting it on the floor: Will its passage result in the withholding of some $583 million in federal money?See the full content of this document
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'No Child Left Behind' Opt Out Advances in Arizona: Concern Mounts Over Loss of Federal Funding
More specifically, can the state afford to lose that much?
A group in the education sector believes the state cannot."And the reason is very specific to a population of students," explained John Wright, president of the Arizona Education Association."Our suburban schools serving children of professional families with middle to high income don't get as proportionally much of the federal aid. The great ma...See the full content of this document
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