Legal Opinion
Reading School District v. Department of Education
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 6, 2004PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
President Judge COLINS.
Reading School District (District) appeals from the decision of the Secretary of Education (Secretary) affirming the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (Department) decision to identify thirteen schools as failing to achieve adequate yearly progress (AYP) under Section 6311(b)(2)(B) of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), 20 U.S.C. § 6311(b)(2)(B). We affirm the Secretary in this matter of first impression before the Court.
NCLB, which was signed into law by President George W. Bush on January 8, 2002, amended the Elementary and Secondary Education…
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