Constitutional Law

Government Loses Appeal on Education Testing Law

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed Chief U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman and issued a 2-1 decision holding that the No Child Left Behind Act does not provide clear notice on who must pay for compliance with some of its requirements. School districts argued that some of the laws' requirements constituted an unfunded mandate, despite a specific provision in the law that prohibits such mandates, and argued that the federal government should provide more money for compliance with its provisions.

Full post as published by ACS Blog on January 13, 2008 (boomark / email).