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« Happy Thanksgiving | Main | Education and business » November 24, 2005Unfunded NCLB upheldBy Kay Brooks In his ruling, Judge Bernard A. Friedman of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division, said that if lawmakers had meant to pay for mandates in the law, they would have phrased the legislation "to say so clearly and unambiguously."This argument from Reg Weaver of the NEA, you knew they had their fingers in this, may indicate why they lost their case. They haven't been paying attention in class. Mr. Weaver accused the federal government of shortchanging the states by billions of dollars to cover the costs of testing and said: "Parents in communities where school districts are financially strained were promised that this law would close the achievement gap. Instead, their tax dollars are being used to cover unpaid bills sent from Washington for costly regulations that do not help improve education."Washington is all about sending us laws and tax bills to cover it. Unfunded mandates is what it does best. The day the NEA says we care so much about the education of the children we'll work at supporting more efficient education delivery systems, regardless of who/why/how it's done, is the day I'll believe Mr. Weaver has our children's best interests at heart and is really concerned about improving education. For now, this sounds like it's all about money and not wanting to be accountable to parents and taxpayers. Posted in Education
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