It sounds like the House GOP would cut funding for Title I in exchange for a “states’ rights” vision of education. From the article: “What have people been saying about these bills? Well, civil rights groups and business leaders are not fans. They say they would roll back civil rights protections in current law, particularly for special populations of students, such as English-language learners, and students in special education.”
Kline ESEA Bills Would Squelch the Federal Role in K-12
blogs.edweek.org
The House bills would scrap an important spending provision in the Title I program, called maintenance of effort, which requires local districts to keep their own spending up at a certain level in order to tap the federal funds. Members of the National Governors Association’s education committee lik…
