Today, as the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee prepares to mark up a bill reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a group of six senators – including U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Angus King (I-ME), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) – offered recommendations to strengthen the proposed bill, the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015.
In a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the HELP Committee, the Senators identified specific priorities necessary to ensure that every child receives a high-quality education that prepares him or her for higher education and a 21st century career.
“We believe that an ESEA reauthorization must recognize the leading role of teachers, school leaders, parents, and local districts in preparing our children to succeed in an ever-changing global economy. At the same time, we must also make improvements to the bill to prevent our education system from reverting to a time when our country would allow some group of students to persistently underperform,” wrote the Senators.
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Chris Graham
