SCR 2 – FINAL VERSION
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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 2
A RESOLUTION urging Congress to amend the No Child Left Behind Act.
SPONSORS: Sen. Estabrook, Dist 21; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24; Sen. Foster, Dist 13; Sen. Kelly, Dist 10; Rep. Rous, Straf 7; Rep. Kurk, Hills 7; Rep. Gile, Merr 10; Rep. Dunn, Ches 3
This senate concurrent resolution urges the United States Congress to amend the No Child Left Behind Act.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
A RESOLUTION urging Congress to amend the No Child Left Behind Act.
Whereas, in 2002 the No Child Left Behind Act was enacted on a bipartisan basis, which has as its purpose bringing academic achievement in language arts, mathematics, and science to students who are not presently achieving at proficiency levels; and
Whereas, in 2004 the National Conference of State Legislatures created a bipartisan task force to study the No Child Left Behind Act and the task force suggested specific changes to make the No Child Left Behind Act more workable, more responsive to variations among the states, and more effective in improving education; and
Whereas, a stated goal of the No Child Left Behind Act is to provide flexibility for states to improve academic achievement and to close the achievement gap, the task force found that more flexibility should be granted to states to implement the No Child Left Behind Act; and
Whereas, the New Hampshire general court had representation on the bipartisan task force and concurs with the spirit of the recommendations of the National Conference of State Legislatures; and
Whereas, a well-designed growth model, with multiple forms of assessment, is a more meaningful and accurate measure of student success than the No Child Left Behind Act model of identifying schools in need of improvement; and
Whereas, the No Child Left Behind Act mandates a costly sequence of intervention services, which the task force found to be inflexible and instead recommended states be allowed to decide the interventions when a school is “in need of improvement;” now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
That the New Hampshire general court urges the Congress of the United States to amend the No Child Left Behind Act with consideration of the National Conference of State Legislatures’ task force recommendations, to allow each state department of education the flexibility to monitor, supervise, and evaluate each school’s effectiveness in documenting the physical, personal, social, and academic growth of each child; and
That the New Hampshire general court urges the Congress of the United States to request a Government Accountability Office evaluation of the costs to states and local school districts of complying with the No Child Left Behind Act requirements and of achieving the 100 percent proficiency goals of the No Child Left Behind Act; and
That the senate clerk send copies of this resolution to the President and Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, and each member of the New Hampshire congressional delegation.
Approved: May 16, 2007