(np) merit pay

[David Payne]

On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:45:27 -0400, Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:

> a) I was interested to learn that only about 10% of school budgets
> comes from federal money anyway.
> 
> wonder if any districts can or would stop taking the money so they
> could set their own standards?
> or does NCLB still apply even if you're not taking fed money?
> 
> hmmm...

The Feds don't have the legal authority to make NCLB compulsory. If a state turned down the money, they would not have to comply.
 
10% of school budgets is a *lot* of money, though, and, especially in today's economy, turning it down would be a tough sell to local parents and tax payers. (By the way, that "10%" figure varies greatly from state to state.)
 
But, yep, it's been considered:
 
* http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4681171 		 	   		  
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