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0|0|0|||||Bill could pull state out of %27No Child%27 law|alexb||00:23:22|03/28/2005|%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0AFrom the Minneapolis Star%2C Wednesday%2C March 23%2C 2005. See http%3A%2F%2Fwww.startribune.com%2Fstories%2F587%2F5307703.html%0D%0A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0ABill could pull state out of %27No Child%27 law%0D%0A%0D%0ABy Norman Draper%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AA bill that could drop Minnesota out of the No Child Left Behind law passed its last Senate committee hurdle Tuesday%2C winning unanimous approval from the Finance Committee.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AThe bill could come up for a vote in the full Senate as early as next week.%0D%0A%0D%0AA companion bill in the House still awaits a committee hearing.%0D%0A%0D%0AUnlike the anti-No Child Left Behind resolutions that passed the Senate on Monday%2C this bill has teeth. It would require numerous changes in the federal testing and accountability law%2C or else the state would nullify the law and risk the potential loss of as much as %24224 million a year in federal funds. But bill sponsor Sen. Steve Kelley%2C DFL-Hopkins%2C said it%27s uncertain whether the federal government would cut off that revenue. He said it might cut off much lesser amounts%2C for instance%2C the %2450 million allocated to Minnesota for No Child Left Behind or the %2490 million for Title I funding earmarked for the education of poor children. Or it might do nothing.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22The number could be zero%2C because by then the revolt among the states could be so widespread and so serious that the federal government wouldn%27t dare take the money away from the states%2C%22 Kelley said. His bill would require a major reworking of the law to make its testing and school-accountability goals more modest.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe goal of the federal law is to have every child proficient in math and reading by 2014. Schools that don%27t meet annual test results goals for several years in a row face sanctions that range from providing children with transportation to other schools to state takeover.%0D%0A---------------------%0D%0ANorman Draper is at ndraper%40startribune.com%0D%0A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0A