“The nation's largest teachers' union and eight school districts in Michigan, Texas and Vermont sued the Department of Education yesterday, accusing it of violating a passage in the law that says states cannot be forced to spend their own money to meet federal requirements.”
The union and the school districts…agreeing! Now that’s a story. And it’s one that all school districts should be reading. It’s time to make the lawmakers accountable for their actions. Creating and passing a law without the necessary funding in place is political grandstanding of the first magnitude. The politicians grab the headlines when the law is passed and then do their best to stonewall those who point out that they can’t afford the new law without some extra money.
The problem is still one of money and that is why there are only eight school districts involved in the suit. I hope that others can find enough cash as well as courage to fight the feds on this.
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