Whitehouse Voices Support for Every Child Achieves Act

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Last evening, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse delivered remarks on the Senate floor about pending legislation to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Whitehouse, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, helped to craft the bill, the Every Child Achieves Act. In his remarks, Whitehouse discussed how his work with Rhode Island education leaders, students, and parents shaped his priorities for the bill and led him to support it.

"Overall, the Every Child Achieves Act returns more decision-making authority to public schools, gives them tools to help every student succeed, and promotes greater flexibility in achieving high standards," Whitehouse said in his remarks. "I believe this bill responds to the needs and concerns of the many Rhode Island teachers, reformers, students, school administrators, and union officials I worked with. I am proud to support it."

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