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NOTE: Please login to participate. Logging in allows you to access all functions and to see what's new since your last visit. FOCUS POINT: NCLB Public School Choice RequirementsCOMMENT: More on Incentives and Interdistrict ChoiceSubmitted by Dianne Piche
In our report Choosing Better Schools, available at www.cccr.org, the Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights recommends that Congress amend NCLB in several ways that would increase incentives and thus supply. First, we recommend that Congress make interdistrict transfers a requirement where the capacity of a distict to offer sufficient choices is severely limited. But we also urge the federal government to provide both financial and accountability incentives for receiving schools and/or districts. E.g., Congress could provide a "safe harbor" of, e.g., 2 years, for receiving schools to make adequate yearly progress, or otherwise ease the progress requirements. This could eliminate any disincentive to welcome NCLB transfer students, or extend their timeline for having to make AYP for the students transferring. Second, we recommend that the Dept of Educ find a way to fund an interdistrict demonstration and incentive project, to begin before the next reauthorization of ESEA. An interdistrict "coalition of the willing" of sorts, comprised of several districts in need of improvement, with the voluntary cooperation of neighboring districts willing to receive NCLB transfer students. As I mentioned in previous comments, St. Louis county and other districts with success with voluntary desegregation programs could provide valuable information on how to make the programs successful. COMMENT THREADVIEW: Outline Full Text COMMENT ORDER: Newest First Oldest First
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