To display her support of the Every Child Achieves Act, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) spoke on the Senate floor on Monday
The bipartisan bill, which the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions has advanced unanimously to the Senate floor for debate, would reform federal education policy by putting decisions regarding education back into the hands of state and local officials, including parents and teachers.
“I rise to express my strong support for the Every Child Achieves Act that is now pending before the Senate,” Capito said. “I want to commend Chairman (Lamar) Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member (Patty) Murray (D-WA) for the bipartisan process that brought to the floor a bill that will improve the quality of education for children across the country.
“The Every Child Achieves Act puts state and local officials back in control of our local schools,” Capito said. “This bill stops the Department of Education from conditioning federal funding on the adoption of national standards like Common Core. Importantly, this bill also makes sure that parents and taxpayers continue to have access to important information about how the schools in their community are performing.”
“The Every Child Achieves Act deserves the Senate’s support this week,” she said. “The end result will be successfully restoring decision-making to those who know best – the students and their parents. I urge you to join me in supporting this important and bipartisan amendment.”