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Farmingdale school district supports improvements for NCLB act The Farmingdale School Board of Education has adopted a resolution to support the National School Board Association's (NSBA) recommended provisions to improve the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. In June 2005, the NSBA introduced a proposed federal bill, the No Child Left Behind Improvements Act of 2005. The 42-provision bill would improve the implementation of the current federal law. In June 2006, Representative Don Young (R, Arkansas) introduced H.R. 5709, No Child Left Behind Improvements Act of 2006, which incorporated all of the NSBA's recommendations. In January 2007, the bill was reintroduced as H.R. 648, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2007. The bill will, if enacted: •strengthen federal responsibility for funding •permit schools to use alternative ways of assessing students other than state-wide examinations •provide more flexibility in assessing students with disabilities and students who are not proficient in English •create a testing participation range, providing flexibility for uncontrollable variations in student attendance •allow schools to target resources for students who need more attention ¸•ensure students are counted properly in assessment and reporting systems allow supplemental services to be employed in the first year of "Improvement". The original NCLB Act was signed into law in 2002. The law established strict guidelines designed to improve school district accountability for student academic performance, regardless of a student's economic status, race, ethnicity, proficiency in English or disability. The Farmingdale Board of Education recognizes the importance of this law and the value of mandating federal standards for schools. However, as with many school boards, the Farmingdale Board of Education has been concerned that the current formulation of the act's guidelines has erroneously resulted in schools being labeled "in need of improvement," even though a vast majority of students in a school might be performing at or above grade level. The changes recommended by the NSBA, supported by the Farmingdale Board of Education and included in Representative Young's proposed legislation would rectify this and other problems with the current law.
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