U.S. Supreme Court Refuses To Hear NEA No Child Left Behind Case

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Submitted by Doug Cunningham on June 7, 2010 - 5:40pm
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By Doug Cunningham

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a case brought by the National Education against the No Child Left Behind law. The teachers' union and nine school districts in Michigan, Texas, and Vermont had maintained the federal government should not mandate education reforms without paying for them. A U.S. Appeals Court had earlier deadlocked on the issue letting a lower court ruling against the NEA suit stand. By refusing to hear the case the U.S. Supreme Court essentially rejected that unfunded mandate argument.