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Controversial federal legislation to limit funding for subsidized school lunches and change some of the program's nutritional standards passed a House committee on a 20 - 14 vote May 18, and the proposal is being hammered by critics who believe it would endanger the health of American school children.

New York committed to the evaluation system and to controversial Common Core learning standards under the federal Race to the Top grant and in waivers under the broad federal No Child Left Behind education law.

The new funds would be used to encourage districts to adopt a controversial form of choice: Allowing local, state and federal funds to follow children to whichever public school they choose.

State officials received a waiver from the federal government releasing Indiana from the controversial mechanisms of the No Child Left Behind law, replacing them with the A-F ratings.

At the same time, Trump is seeking to shift a historic amount of money — $ 1.4 billion — into charter schools, private - school vouchers and Title I «portability,» a controversial form of choice that would allow $ 1 billion in federal funds to follow poor children to the public school of their choice.

Democrats, when they controlled both houses of Congress in 2009 - 2010, were busy passing economic and health legislation, and also could not agree among themselves on how best to change the most controversial federal law, No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

The administration promised $ 1 billion in new spending on preschool; spurred states to adopt controversial K - 12 reforms such as performance - based teacher evaluations and the adoption of the Common Core State Standards through its Race to the Top grant program and waivers to the No Child Left Behind law; significantly expanded the federal School Improvement Grant program to turn around low - performing schools; targeted for - profit colleges and attempted to increase accountability in the higher education sector; and pushed a proposal by the president to make community college free.

$ 1 billion in new spending to encourage districts to adopt a controversial form of choice: Allowing local, state and federal funds to follow children to whichever public school they choose.

The long - awaited controversial revamping of the federal education law gained steam in Washington this week, as the House narrowly passed a revision of No Child Left Behind, while the Senate pressed forward with its own bipartisan legislation.

Mr. Duncan has extended federal sway even beyond the controversial provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act, further defying the national pledge of allegiance to local control of public schools.

More controversial were his decisions to exempt teachers at certain low performing schools from seniority - based layoffs and to adopt a federal No Child Left Behind waiver that requires the adoption of a new teacher evaluation system.

The $ 300,000 NEA and AFT gave to Al Sharpton's National Action Network in 2014 - 2015, for example, hasn't stopped the controversial civil rights activist from being a strong supporter for expanding public charter schools, while outfits such as the Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights have sparred with the Big Two over federal accountability rules contained over the now - abolished No Child Left Behind Act.

For 13 years under the controversial Bush - era No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the federal government required states to identify schools that were failing by the metric of standardized test scores, and dictated how schools should intervene.

Calma said the ATSISPEP report now needs a «meaningful implementation plan» but he also expressed hope that the Federal Government would not «just charge off» with a unilateral response as the Howard Government did with the controversial Northern Territory Intervention in response to the landmark Little Children are Sacred report.