Utah joins movement against education law

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Utah joins movement against education law
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2001855260_educate11.html
By Seattle Times staff and wire services

Utah's Republican-dominated House voted yesterday to become the first state to scrap No Child Left Behind Act education mandates that would cost more than the federal government is willing to pay.

Republicans dropped a threat to abandon the Bush administration program altogether because that would have cost the state half of its annual federal education funding, or nearly $107 million. Instead, state representatives voted 64-8 to comply with only those mandates "where there is adequate federal funding."

It was the latest salvo in a revolt that has been building in classrooms and legislatures against the biggest education reform in a quarter-century. State and local education officials and lawmakers are upset over the stringency of testing requirements and the costs of implementation.

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other states rejecting or working on rejecting "no child left behind" include: Virginia, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Washington state, Maine, Vermont, and Conneticut

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