Roundup: School Libraries U.S. Senate Passes Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Next to President For Signing
UPDATE December 10, 2015 President Obama Signs Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Into Law (Transcript of Remarks)
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The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)(S.1177) was passed the U.S. Senate today. The vote was 85-12.
MORE TO COME. We will update this post with additional info and reaction.
Bill
Read the Full Text of the Bill (752 pages; PDF)
Vote
How the Senators Voted: Roll-Call Vote Report
Coverage
ESSA—and Federal Support of School Libraries—Passes Senate
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Senate sends No Child Left Behind Rewrite to Obama (via The Hill)
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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