No Child Left Behind
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No Child Left Behind
N.A.A.C.P. officials said that they were trying to involve themselves in a lawsuit over the No Child Left Behind Law on the side of the Bush administration and against the State of Connecticut because of a core principle that states do not have the right to ignore federal legislation that aims to help minorities. Victor L. Goode who was the assistant general counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said that the issue goes beyond the specifics of No Child Left Behind to potentially affect other federal statutes designed to protect civil rights. The state contends that the federal government came up about $50 million short in funding for education and testing required under No Child Left Behind, and that Connecticut should not be asked to spend its own money to comply with the law.