House Education and the Workforce Committee Republicans today released the third in a series of videos highlighting the four key principles of the Student Success Act (H.R. 5), legislation to reform federal K-12 education law.
Watch Rep. Joe Heck (R-NV) explain how the bill will restore local control in our schools:
The Student Success Act will put an end to top-down reforms and put control back in the hands of the state and local leaders who know our kids best.
The Student Success Act:
* Eliminates the one-size-fits-all federal accountability system and instead calls on each state to develop and implement a tailored approach that more accurately evaluates student achievement.
* Frees each state to implement improvement strategies to raise the bar on low-performing schools.
* Upholds high standards for student achievement. Schools must continue to disaggregate data to identify and help close student achievement gaps.
* Repeals arbitrary federal funding requirements that restrict states’ ability to prioritize funding to the most effective initiatives.
* Grants school districts the freedom to distribute federal funds based on the needs of their own student populations, allowing superintendents and principals to target federal funds to support a better classroom experience.
To learn more about the bill, visit republicans-edlabor.house.gov/StudentSuccessAct.
