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WASHINGTON — A top Senate Democrat rolled out his plan Tuesday to revamp the main federal education law, but it immediately drew fire from civil rights groups that argued it would ease pressure on schools to provide quality education to all children, regardless of race or income.
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, detailed his bill to reauthorize the 2002 No Child Left Behind law. The federal government would no longer require all students to meet achievement goals, a cornerstone of the current law. Harkin proposes to require that schools show students are making academic progress.
Denver Post wire services
