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Miller: Partisanship Means the End to NCLB Reform in this Congress

Statement

Date: Dec. 16, 2011
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: K-12 Education

U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the senior Democrat on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement after committee Republicans confirmed that they are abandoning bipartisan talks to rewrite the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, known as "No Child Left Behind' in the law's recent iteration. Miller has been working in a bipartisan manner since 2007 to rewrite the law so that it works better for our nation's students and families.

"I have communicated to Chairman Kline my disappointment that he has chosen to go the partisan route. Partisanship means the end to NCLB reform in this Congress. Bipartisanship is the only successful way forward. The Senate has moved a bipartisan bill out of committee. The House could do the same if it had the political will to do so. Our nation's children deserve a real process for achieving consensus, not partisan political games."


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