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State Gets Waiver From No Child Left Behind

The article I’m presenting before your eyes talks about the state of Texas securing a waiver from the No Child Left Behind.
The government had previously planned to intervene due to the failure of school districts to meet 100 percent of students passing reading and math exams for 2014. However, now only a low percent of schools will have to abide by federally prescribed interventions. Initially some school districts were asked to set aside 20 percent of their funds for tutoring which is now, no longer going to be the case.
The waiver is important because without it - school districts would have to face sanctions that may force restructuring for the sole reason of not being able to meet the condition that all students pass reading and math exams.
All in all, the Texas Education Agency aims to maintain flexibility for school districts as much as possible in its agreements with the government at the federal level.