Congress overturns Obama-era education regulations

Some surprisingly good news from the most unlikely of places!

Regulations meant to outline what states must do to meet their 
obligations under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the
successor to the failed 2002 No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law
have been overturned! 

The Republican-led House voted last month to undo them via
the Congressional Review Act, which allows lawmakers to veto
a rule they don’t like. 

How often do we see this happen, the federal govt. returning 
any authority to states? 

Well, it happened  this week as Congress overturned regulations 
that outline how states must carry out a federal law that holds 
public schools accountable for serving all students.

The Republican majority claim the rules, written during the last 
month of the Obama administration, represent an executive 
overreach while Democrats argue rescinding them will open 
loopholes to hide or ignore schools that fail to adequately serve 
poor children, minorities, English-language learners and students 
with disabilities.

This is not surprising. Republicans believe in both the sovereignty
and independence of each state, while Democrats believe central 
control is best, preferring to be a "nanny nation" believing unelected 
Washington bureaucrats are wiser than elected state officials.

Federal overreach time and again proves it fails the very states     
it claims to help and why many federal programs have to be   
altered as the promised benefits rarely materialize. 

We can only hope members of Congress remember the states they
come from and people who elected them before imposing federal 
mandates that are more burdensome then beneficial. 

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