NSBA's Proposed Recommendations for NCLB Reauthorization
The National School Boards Association (NSBA), representing over 95,000 local school board members across the nation, is pleased to recommend specific legislative language for inclusion in the legislation to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, reauthorized on January 8, 2002 as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110). NSBA believes that the current law can be amended to eliminate barriers to full implementation of the law while maintaining the core principle to improve the academic achievement of all students.
These recommended amendments have been developed based on input received from local school board members, educators and administrators throughout the country. Additionally, NSBA met with a cross section of major stakeholders on numerous occasions to validate the concerns in preparation for drafting the specific legislative language.
The NSBA recommended legislative language addresses the following key provisions of the current law:
- Measuring Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
- Goals for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
- Assessment Opportunities and Participation Rate
- Students with Disabilities
- Limited English Proficient Students
- State Flexibility by the U.S. Department of Education
- Public School Choice
- Supplemental Services
- Corrective Action and Restructuring Sanctions
- Non-Public Schools
- Teacher Quality
Resources
- NSBA's Proposed Legislative Language for NCLB Reauthorization: Complete Document
[PDF 633,573kb]
Table of Contents and the complete set of 45 issues with legislative recommendations - Each topic is listed individually below.
- NCLB Recommendations #1 and #2
[HTML 3,860kb]
N-Size for Schools and School Districts
- NCLB Recommendation #3 [HTML 2,101kb]
Safe Harbor Eligibility
- NCLB Recommendation #4 [HTML 37,426kb]
AYP Determinations: Performance of Students Belonging to Multiple Subgroups
- NCLB Recommendation #5 [HTML 4,177kb]
AYP Determinations: Performance by Subgroups
- NCLB Recommendations #6 and #7 [HTML 2,289kb]
Intermediate Goals for Subgroups
- NCLB Recommendations #8 and #9 [HTML 3,588kb]
AYP Alternate Measurement & Growth Models
- NCLB Recommendation #10 [HTML 1,925kb]
Assessment Participation Rates
- NCLB Recommendation #11 [HTML 2,944kb]
Assessment Participation Exemptions: Unusual Circumstances
- NCLB Recommendation #12 [HTML 2,681kb]
Assessment Participation Exemptions: Unusual Patterns of Attendance
- NCLB Recommendation #13 [HTML 2,707kb]
AYP Determinations: Assessment Participation Rates
- NCLB Recommendations #14, #15, and #16 [HTML 5,799kb]
Students with Disabilities
- NCLB Recommendations #17 and #18 [HTML 4,902kb]
Students with Limited English Proficiency
- NCLB Recommendations #19 and #20 [HTML 3,626kb]
AYP Determinations: Multiple Assessments
- NCLB Recommendations #21 and #22 [HTML 2,450kb]
Secretary of Education Requirements: Authority for Waivers
- NCLB Recommendations #23 and #24 [HTML 3,403kb]
Secretary of Education Requirements: Notification of Waivers and Other Actions
- NCLB Recommendation #25 [HTML 2,567kb]
Public School Choice: Student Eligibility
- NCLB Recommendation #26 [HTML 2,280kb]
Public School Choice: School District Financial Obligations for Transportation
- NCLB Recommendations #27 and #28 [HTML 3,147kb]
Public School Choice: Transfer Options and Special Conditions
- NCLB Recommendation #29 [HTML 1,969kb]
Supplemental Educational Services: School District Options
- NCLB Recommendation #30 [HTML 2,173kb]
Supplemental Educational Services: Student Eligibility
- NCLB Recommendations #31 and #32 [HTML 2,868kb]
Supplemental Educational Services Providers: School District Authority
- NCLB Recommendation #33 [HTML 3,304kb]
Title I Set-Aside Funding for Sanctions: School District Options
- NCLB Recommendation #34 [HTML 2,771kb]
Supplemental Educational Services Providers: School District Options
- NCLB Recommendation #35 [HTML 3,313kb]
Implementation of Sanctions on Schools: Subgroup Performance
- NCLB Recommendation #36 [HTML 2,278kb]
Implementation of Sanctions on School Districts: Grade Span Performance
- NCLB Recommendation #37 [HTML 3,633kb]
Implementation of Restructuring Sanctions: Percentage of Students Failing to Meet AYP
- NCLB Recommendation #38 [HTML 3,831kb]
Implementation of Sanctions: Conditions Beyond the Control of Schools and School Districts
- NCLB Recommendation #39 [HTML 2,727kb]
Deferral of Restructuring Sanctions: Inadequate Federal Appropriations for Disadvantaged Students (Title I)
- Recommendation #40 [HTML 2,803kb]
Deferral of Restructuring Sanctions: Inadequate Federal Appropriations for Students with Disabilities (Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act)
- NCLB Recommendations #41 and #42 [HTML 4,311kb]
Non-Public School Accountability When Receiving Title I Services
- NCLB Recommendation #43 [HTML 2,745kb]
Highly Qualified Teacher Determinations: Special Education Teachers
- NCLB Recommendation #44 [HTML 2,446kb]
Highly Qualified Teacher Determinations: Social Studies Teachers
- NLCB Recommendation #45 [HTML 2,405kb]
Highly Qualified Teacher Determinations: Supplemental Educational Services Providers
- Legislation Consistent with NSBA's Recommendations for NCLB [PDF 70,459kb]
A listing of House and Senate bills in the 110th Congress consistent with NSBA's recommendations.