NCLB REAUTHORIZATION

The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 took an old law, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, and added strict new accountability changes and other requirements and sanctions. NCLB is up for renewal in Congress this year. Most experts agree, however, that the legislation will not move before the August recess and that the process may then be engulfed by the political rhetoric of the 2008 Congressional and Presidential elections. More information on the reauthorization process, North Carolina's platform for changes to NCLB as proposed by the State Board of Education, answers to questions asked about the reauthorization process, and links to what's happening politically across the nation as the process moves forward are on this site.