Conventional wisdom has it that unless NCLB gets marked up and reauthorized soon, preferably before the summer recess, the legislation will likely have to wait until after the elections. Yesterday, Congressional Quarterly suggested that the prospects for that happening are growing fainter.
The top House Republican negotiating a renewal of the landmark 2002 education law said legislation won’t be ready until fall and he won’t support it unless it’s backed by a majority of GOP members.
Howard P. “Buck” McKeon of California, the ranking Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, said the latest draft he viewed July 12 included Democratic proposals that troubled him.
By demanding that the bill win a majority of the minority, McKeon is setting a threshold that could prevent the White House and Democratic-led Congress from achieving bipartisan success on President Bush’s top domestic policy priority in his final months in office.
Via NCLBlog.
–Kurt Brobeck
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