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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth

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To: Brumar89 who wrote (24656)	9/21/2004 11:20:00 PM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (1) of 173976

In February 2003, the bipartisan National Governors Association voted unanimously to label Bush's No Child Left Behind Act an unfunded mandate, along with special education, homeland security and Medicaid. A November 2003 survey of nearly 2,000 superintendents and principals found that 9 in 10 viewed No Child Left Behind as an unfunded mandate. States and localities have struggled to keep up with the new requirements. Between fiscal years 2002 and 2004, education spending in 35 states was unable to keep pace with increases in inflation and enrollment. democrats.org A surprising side effect of 'No Child Left Behind' - releasing personal information to the military to recruit our kids into the service: motherjones.com Btw: I've seen this personally. Our kids, including my seven year old daughter, got a notice that "No Child Left Behind Section 9528 requires districts to disclose names, addresses and telephone numbers of high school students to military recruiters...". Don't know why they sent this to all my kids, who are not yet in high school, but it is bit scary...

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