Oklahoma will apply for federal education law exemption
Oklahoma schools Superintendent Janet Barresi swore in two new members to the state Board of Education on Wednesday and then announced that Oklahoma would apply for exemptions from high standards set by the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001.
State schools Superintendent Janet Barresi welcomed her new education board Wednesday with the news that Oklahoma would seek exemptions from high academic standards set by federal education law.
Barresi swore in two new board members appointed by Gov. Mary Fallin a day earlier — using a new law enabling the governor to replace board members at will — and also swore in two reappointed board members who were named to the board earlier this year.
She told the board Oklahoma will apply in November for waivers from federal education requirements.
No Child Left Behind, passed in 2001 and since reauthorized, mandates that states test and report the academic performance of their students in a score known as the Academic Performance Index. According to the law, all schools must reach an API score that is proficient by 2014.
With that date looming, and many schools failing to meet their state-set standard of proficiency, the U.S. Department of Education is allowing states to apply for waivers from the law's requirements.
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