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Utah GOP lawmakers rebel against Bush law
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| Media | Newspaper - Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| News Date | Thursday, February 17, 2005 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | For the second consecutive year, Utah's conservative Republican legislators are rebelling against President Bush's education centerpiece, angry over what they see as an unfunded federal mandate.
The Utah House passed a bill directing education officials to give priority to state education goals over the No Child Left Behind Act, and to spend as little state money as possible to comply with the federal program.
The bill was handed to the Senate on Wednesday. The legislation and a companion resolution represent the sharpest denunciation among 35 states taking up measures on No Child mandates, said the sponsor, Republican Rep. Margaret Dayton.
Opposition to the No Child program has united Democrats and Republicans, the teachers' union, the Utah School Boards Association and the conservative Eagle Forum.
"We believe the federal government, contributing only about 7 percent of our budget, should not control 100 percent of what we're doing in Utah," said state Superintendent Patti Harrington. |
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