From the ECS State Policy Database No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary AL Adopted 04/2013 P-12 Grades 3-8 Summative Assessments ACT Aspire as Alabama's 3-8 Summative Assessment Resolution to adopt ACT Aspire as summative assessment for grades 3-8 beginning in the 2013-14 school year, as recommended by the Assessment and Accountability Task Force. Alabama's NCLB waiver application mentions the assessments' use for accountability purp... More... HI Adopted 06/2012 P-12 NCLB Waiver S.C.R. 120 Requests the board of education and department of education to (1) apply to the U.S. Department of Education for a waiver from No Child Left Behind requirements, (2) develop a plan to improve and attain high student achievement that would be submitted with the... More... ID Adopted 03/2012 P-12 Request to U.S. Congress to Repeal No Child Left Behind Act H.J.M. 8 House Joint Memorial asking the U.S. Congress to repeal the No Child Left Behind Act. http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2012/HJM008.pdf... More... AL Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Funding Formula in ESEA Reauthorization S.J.R. 159 Urges the Congress of the United States, in the course of reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), to direct federal funding thereunder in accordance with current funding formulae.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Authorizing NCLB Waiver Requests & Lawsuit H.B. 2542, S.B. 1212 Requires the Board of Education to request a waiver from duplicative provisions of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act that are fiscally and programmatically burdensome to school divisions and are not instructionally sound or in the best interest of children; ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 NCLB and End-of-Instruction Assessments S.B. 1792 - Section 4 Clarifies that testing for grades 3, 4, 6 and 7 is contingent on the availability of federal and state funds. Eliminates grade 3 stand-alone language arts test. Clarifies that grade 5 social studies assessment must include U.S. history, the Constitution and ... More... KS Adopted 05/2006 P-12 Federal Role in State S.C.R. 1618 Memorializes the President and Congress to make a serious commitment to improving the quality of the nation's public schools by substantially increasing its funding for the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, the Higher Education Act, the... More... VA Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 NCLB Waivers and Exemptions H.B. 1428 Encourages the president of the state board to request from the U.S. Department of Education, in calendar year 2006, the following waivers and exemptions of the statutory and regulatory requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act: 1. Additional flexib... More... WA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 NCLB Flexibility H.B. 2414 Requires that, before the beginning of the 2006-07 school year, the superintendent of public instruction shall request flexibility from the United States department of education to conduct a pilot project with a limited number of local school districts regardi... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Waivers from Compliance with No Child Left Behind Act H.B. 2602, S.B. 1136 Directs the Board of Education to seek a waiver from compliance with those provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act that are duplicative of the Commonwealth's prior educational accountability system as set forth in the Standards of Quality, Standards... More... ME Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 No Child Left Behind Participation S.P. 648 (Senate Resolve) This resolve prohibits the Department of Education from using state funds to implement the policies of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The resolve also requires the Department of Education to investigate the costs and benefits ... More...