September 4, 2007

NCLB Reauthorization, Title 1 Draft Released: Your Comments Needed

Urgent-PTA and CAPTA needs your help on this issue!

Representatives George Miller and Howard "Buck" McKeon, Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and Labor, released a staff discussion draft of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This draft was developed through input received at nearly two dozen Congressional hearings and many discussions with education organizations and concerned citizens. The Committee welcomes and encourages comments on this discussion draft. Please send any comments to ESEA.Comments@mail.house.gov.

• View the Miller, McKeon, Kildee, and Castle letter concerning this draft »
• View the text of this draft » (pdf document, print ready, 435 pages)
• View the summary of this draft » (pdf document, print ready, 11 pages)
• More on No Child Left Behind »

National PTA and California State PTA are studying the draft language to prepare written comments that will be submitted to the Committee.

National PTA's recommendations for NCLB reauthorization and further information can be found on www.pta.org under the Issues and Action tab, Take Action link. Or just type in www.pta.org/NCLB.

The California State PTA website www.capta.org features a new section under the Advocacy tab titled Federal Legislation/NCLB - http://www.capta.org/sections/advocacy/federal-legislation.cfm
Check this section for new information on federal legislation and additional resources.

To share your views of the discussion draft with the California State PTA, please send your comments to lmayo@capta.org.

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