CNMI State of Education chair Herman Guerrero is a mite concerned over the shift in the U.S. Congress into the hands of Republicans, specifically in regards to the reauthorization of programs and grants under the Elementary Secondary Education Act, which funds many essential programs in the Public School System.<\/p>\n
The CNMI will get over $30 million in federal educational funds this fiscal year. A large portion of this, according to Guerrero, is made up of consolidated grants under ESEA.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe certainly would like to see the reauthorization [of ESEA] entertained by Congress,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
He hopes Congress will also include the CNMI in the Race To the Top program, which he said they have been excluded from in the past.<\/p>\n
ESEA was renamed the No Child Left Behind Act in its reauthorization in 2001. It has been reauthorized every five years since it was signed into law in 1965. <\/p>\n
\u201cNCLB is six years overdue for an update,\u201d said U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan in a statement in August. He said that \u201csome in Congress\u2026would lock in major cuts to education funding\u201d at a time when investment in education is \u201cthe only way\u201d to remain globally competitive.<\/p>\n
He supported a Democrat version of the bill passed in committee last June.<\/p>\n
Guerrero would like to talk to U.S. Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan on the matter. He said he would like to know \u201cwhat to expect\u201d from this new Congress and from the delegate himself.<\/p>\n
Sablan, a Democrat-caucusing independent, earlier said he is \u201cnot troubled by the change in party leadership [in Congress].\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cWith the Republicans in complete control of Congress, the opportunities to advance any of my agenda items will shift. But I have built up a pretty good set of relationships with Republicans over the last six years. I wouldn\u2019t have been able to get seven Republican chairmen to visit our islands this August if I didn\u2019t have some friends on that side of the aisle,\u201d he had said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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