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Scott Statement on the Senate’s Every Child Achieves Act
04.16.15 WASHINGTON - House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) released the following statement today on the passage of the Every Child Achieves Act by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: "Today's unanimous passage of the Every Child Achieves Act by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions should serve as an example of bipartisanship for the House of Representatives to follow. "While today represents anot… Continue Reading
Ranking Member Scott, Tri-Caucus Chairs Push for Stronger ESEA Bill
04.14.15 WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) considers the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015, a bi-partisan education proposal put forth by Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and leaders of the Congressional Tri-Caucus - comprised of the Congressional Asi… Continue Reading
Scott Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of ESEA
04.10.15 WASHINGTON- House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) released the following statement today honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: "On April 11, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, providing schools with targeted federal dollars in order to offer equitable educational opportunities to all American children. The 1965 enactment was intended to address … Continue Reading
Scott Statement on Senate Education Bill
04.07.15 WASHINGTON- House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) released the following statement today after Senators Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray released details on their agreement on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: "I commend Senators Alexander and Murray for their efforts to bring forward a bipartisan Elementary and Secondary Education reauthorization bill in the Senate. While we recognize this as an important st… Continue Reading
Republicans Pass Bill to Rob Funds from Poor, Give to Rich Schools
02.11.15 WASHINGTON-House Republicans today voted to turn back the clock on American public education and harm our nation's neediest children. Along strict party lines, Republicans on the Education and the Workforce Committee pushed through a bill that reduces funding, eliminates and weakens protections for disadvantaged students, fails to provide a quality education for all children, and neglects our public school teachers. Committee Democrats offered several amendments to fix the legislation's glaring … Continue Reading
ESEA Rewrite Must Ensure World-Class Education for All Students, Committee Learns
02.06.15 WASHINGTON-Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, Ranking Democratic Member on the House Education and the Workforce Committee held a forum to hear from teachers, researchers and other education experts to inform the committee's work on rewriting the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), currently known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Committee Democrats believe any ESEA reauthorization must reflect current research and best practices, and must protect students' rights in the process. The forum follo… Continue Reading
***MEDIA ADVISORY***: Ed and Workforce Committee Dems to Hold Forum on ESEA Reauthorization
02.03.15 WASHINGTON-Rewriting No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), is one of the most significant challenges before this Congress. Unfortunately, the Republicans on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce have chosen to move forward with their reauthorization process without holding a single committee hearing or seeking any input from Democrats. The Republican majority has introduced legislation that would dismantle … Continue Reading
Scott Criticizes GOP’s ESEA Bill and Partisan Process, Announces Forum to Examine ESEA Reauthorization Issues
02.03.15 WASHINGTON-House Republicans today began a hasty, partisan push to rewrite one of the nation's most important education laws by introducing H.R. 5, legislation that would undermine equity and accountability in public schools. Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) criticized the bill and the scheduling of no related hearings. For that reason, Rep. Scott announced he will be holding a forum to more thoroughly examine the issues and policy solutions per… Continue Reading
Rep. Scott: ESEA Reauthorization Must Support High-Quality Education for All Students
01.12.15 WASHINGTON-In response to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's new proposals for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), ranking member on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, released the following statement today, the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the nation's cornerstone K-12 education law: "The Elementary and Secondary Education Act remains one of the most significant civil rights achievements of ou… Continue Reading