Education Law

With today’s AP report that schools are beginning to feel the consequences of No Child Left Behind, I think the time is here to discuss the funding of education laws.  Many laws, like the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) require school districts to do certain things for individual students.  Many of these things are important and lead to better education for students.

However, the problem is that the federal and state legislatures often impose these requirements on school districts without providing the money  necessary to implement the laws.  School districts and, more importantly, students then face the consquences.

If the public school system in this country is ever to reach its full potential then the laws that are drafted to ensure equality and create educational opportunities need to be funded so that districts can provide the opportunities to their students.  In order to achieve this goal, it is important that we all make our feelings known to our Senators and Representatives and implore them to stop issuing underfunded mandates and to start providing more resources to our schools. 

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