House, Senate Education Committees Release Final Proposal to Replace NCLB

The following press release was published by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Nov. 30, 2015. It is reproduced in full below.

WASHINGTON - Today bipartisan leaders on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions released the final legislative text for improving K-12 education and replacing No Child Left Behind. The final bill is being released after legislative proposals passed separately by the House and Senate in July and embodies the reforms agreed to by members serving on a joint conference committee earlier this month. The House-Senate conference committee approved the proposed reforms reflected in the final bill by a vote of 38 to 1.

Source: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions