Washington, D.C. – The All Children are Equal (ACE) Act, a bill introduced by U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’
Thompson in July of 2011, today was praised during a hearing in the House
Education and Workforce Committee that examined two pieces of legislation –
H.R. 3989, "Student Success Act" and H.R. 3990, "Encouraging
Innovation and Effective Teachers Act" – which will serve as the basis to
reform the current Elementary and Secondary Education Act, also known as No
Child Left Behind. The hearing was the Education and Workforce
Committee’s 12th oversight hearing, exploring better ways forward for our
nation’s elementary and secondary schools.
Hearing
Witness, Mr. Jimmy Cunningham, superintendent of Hampton School District in
Hampton, Arkansas, spoke to concerns with the current Title I formula, which
adversely affects small districts, both rural and urban, and inflates benefits
to low‐poverty districts –
counter to the intent of current law.
Title
I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is the largest source of
federal funding to the states and aims to improve the achievement of
disadvantaged children. It is the largest sources of federal funds
contributed to school districts.
H.R.
3989 and H.R. 3990 were introduced in the last week by the House Education and
Workforce Committee. Thursday’s hearing allowed members an opportunity to
examine and obtain feedback on the legislation.
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