President Obama to Sign ESSA
In just moments after the Senate’s passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the White House confirmed that President Obama will sign the bill into law TODAY (Thursday, December 10)…
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No Child Left Behind Nears End – Congress Passes New Education Law with Stand-Alone Listing for Music!
By Christopher Woodside On December 9, the United States Senate passed the “Every Student Succeeds Act” (ESSA) [S. 1177] by a final vote count of 85 to 12, and the…
ESEA Heads Towards Conference
Conference Committee Proceedings, Day 2 (Updated: 11/19/2015) Earlier this afternoon, ESEA Conferees voted 39-1 to approve a bicameral and bipartisan compromise to reauthorize ESEA. The lone “no” came from Senator…
Speaker John Boehner Announces Resignation
Surprising many today, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH-8) announced his resignation from Congress. Boehner will be ending his five-year term as Speaker at the end of October;…
Every Child Achieves Act Amendment Tracker
Updated 7/15/2015 – Updates to all amendment statuses. Senate filed cloture and is expected to debate on a final set of amendments before voting for passage of ESEA tomorrow.…
