Alexander, Murray Statement on Fixing No Child Left Behind

The following press release was published by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Feb. 6, 2015. It is reproduced in full below.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - U.S. Senate education committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today released the following statement:

“We’ve agreed to move forward to develop a bipartisan chairman’s mark to fix No Child Left Behind. Our staffs will begin working today with each other and with the staffs of other senators on the committee. We know our constituents expect us to fix this broken law and improve education for students, families, and communities across the country-and we expect to succeed."

Source: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions