NCLB: THE POLICY
The initial lines of H.R. 1, defines it as an act, “to close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind.” This definition grossly oversimplifies an extremely multi-faceted policy. The formulation of NCLB is based on what President Bush identified as the four necessary pillars of education reform. The four principles of NCLB are Accountability; for States, school districts, and schools, Flexibility; for States ad education agencies to use federal funding, Researched Based Reform; reform based on proven scientific research, and Parental Options; increased transparency between schools and parents. Despite originating from a Republican president, NCLB greatly expanded the …show more content…
The tenth amendment delegates education to states, but since federal funding supplemented state education funding, it gives NCLB a degree of control over the states. Title 1 schools are considered any K-12 institution with at 35% of its student from low-income families. Non-title 1 schools were not required to report AYP. States had the option of not adopting NCLB provision, but this would also mean that they would give up their eligibility for Title 1 federal aid and money for other …show more content…
This pillar of NCLB allows participating school to decide individually how their federal funds are spent. Under NCLB, during the 2003-04 school year, there was a 59.8% increase in federal education funding. This brought the total money for all NCLB programs to $23.7 billion. For fiscal year (FY) 2003, funding for Title I alone is $11.7 billion--an increase of 33 percent since the passage of No Child Left Behind. As long as results are positive, schools are allowed to use the money in any areas or programs they feel are most urgent. For instance, States and local education agencies are permitted to transfer up to 50 percent of the funding they receive, under the 4 major State grant programs, to any one of the programs, or to Title I. The listed programs include: Teacher Quality State Grants, Educational Technology, Innovative Programs, and Safe and Drug-Free Schools. Thanks to NCLB, schools and agencies now had the autonomy to send money to areas and programs that would best help their
The initial lines of H.R. 1, defines it as an act, “to close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind.” This definition grossly oversimplifies an extremely multi-faceted policy. The formulation of NCLB is based on what President Bush identified as the four necessary pillars of education reform. The four principles of NCLB are Accountability; for States, school districts, and schools, Flexibility; for States ad education agencies to use federal funding, Researched Based Reform; reform based on proven scientific research, and Parental Options; increased transparency between schools and parents. Despite originating from a Republican president, NCLB greatly expanded the …show more content…
The tenth amendment delegates education to states, but since federal funding supplemented state education funding, it gives NCLB a degree of control over the states. Title 1 schools are considered any K-12 institution with at 35% of its student from low-income families. Non-title 1 schools were not required to report AYP. States had the option of not adopting NCLB provision, but this would also mean that they would give up their eligibility for Title 1 federal aid and money for other …show more content…
This pillar of NCLB allows participating school to decide individually how their federal funds are spent. Under NCLB, during the 2003-04 school year, there was a 59.8% increase in federal education funding. This brought the total money for all NCLB programs to $23.7 billion. For fiscal year (FY) 2003, funding for Title I alone is $11.7 billion--an increase of 33 percent since the passage of No Child Left Behind. As long as results are positive, schools are allowed to use the money in any areas or programs they feel are most urgent. For instance, States and local education agencies are permitted to transfer up to 50 percent of the funding they receive, under the 4 major State grant programs, to any one of the programs, or to Title I. The listed programs include: Teacher Quality State Grants, Educational Technology, Innovative Programs, and Safe and Drug-Free Schools. Thanks to NCLB, schools and agencies now had the autonomy to send money to areas and programs that would best help their