June 6, 2013 — U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, introduced the Strengthening America’s Schools Act of 2013 [S.1094] (SASA), a comprehensive bill to make many changes to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 of which No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was the last rewrite. SASA focuses on ensuring that all students are “college and career ready,” by allowing States to adapt individual content and assessment standards in addition to “accountability systems and interventions to improve schools;” promoting early childhood education and parent and family engagement, and supporting a “well-rounded” education, which includes an emphasis on mental health. The bill also proposes to integrate requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), student assessment standards, and provisions for universal design for technology and innovations used in schools.
New Education Bill Integrates IDEA Requirements
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