the task of teaching mathematics, for example, would be comfortable doing that without being trained in teaching mathematics. they would reject that. they would say, i can't -- you are asking me to do something i cannot do. . . is because teachers, special education teachers what, now

know better the content. i'm told that they are on that. i am told that this data to support. >> i just have to points of confusion will. one adis -- i can see where a special lead teacher would need through teaching math to have that background in math, but with this definition that senator burr read seems to be a can be a special ed teacher in math but you also have the training and teaching in reading? that, i just am wondering if that is the case, because i don't think -- i agree that a special ed teacher that teaches math also should have training in the math and in special ed -- but i don't think they should have training in something they are not teaching. the other thing i still don't

understand is this notion that they are punished for their scores and where that comes from, and i don't know what that is, because it isn't my understanding. >> i had nothing to do with that statement. >> i know you didn't. >> senator paul's amendment. >> but i want to be clear on one thing. there's no reduction in the requirement to be trained in special education. the problem that has come about in trying to make a highly qualified definition is finding teachers that are also certificate as prescriptive as these words are and the other subjects they teach, and there are special needs teachers and special ed teacher stood in that going into the, education in some cases because the needs of the student and they teach all of the core curriculum in terms of math, science, reading and six or whatever it might be. those are difficult to find. we are not trying to lower the

standards of a special-education teacher. >> you received. i'm on your side on this. but i was singing is to have all of those disciplines that's like a very, very high bar. >> if the senator would yield. many of our elementary school teachers teach all of those courses in the elementary schools, and yet one classroom, one teacher teaches a lot of those courses. >> absolutely. if they are teaching all of those things i think they would require that, but if they are not teaching all those things, are there special lead teachers to teach only reading or special ed teachers that teach only math? >> can i try to address i think what both of you have just said and may be disconnected at elementary school teacher does not have to, as i and stand, does not have to be certified for all the different subject matters to be classified as

highly qualified teachers? in the case of a special-education teacher, not only would they need to meet the requirements of the special-education to be highly qualified, they would have to be tested and or have a degree in every subject matter that might come up as a teacher in that classroom with a special needs child. >> that is a higher bar the and a regular elementary school. >> that's why i think senator isaacson said in many areas around the country especially in rural areas you can't find somebody with a number of degrees, and therefore you've got a teacher that might be in the classroom but not highly qualified by definition, but highly qualified from the standpoint of their knowledge,

and more importantly, they are highly qualified from the standpoint of the special-education degree. >> i'm told also elementary school teachers do not need subject certification. only that is true in secondary schools, not primary school, elementary schools and the last thing i would say is reading science and math, there are three. these are a test the take after they get their degrees. i don't think it's onerous of all special ed teachers to be required to pass a test in reading, science and math. most states have required that. >> senator merkley. >> thank you mr. chairman. i'm just trying to nail down the distinction that we are talking about it in an elementary schoolteacher and a special ed

teacher, because under the definition of highly qualified on 778, it does say that in elementary school teacher must have passed a rigorous state test in reading, writing, mathematics and other areas of basic elementary curriculum. so it lays out -- and said if they are teaching a single subject then they don't have to. and it sounds like the same structure that we are discussing for the special-education teacher, and i'm not sure we've nailed down the difference other than the special education teacher needs to have special training in how to teach as a special education teacher; am i missing something here? >> all right. is there any more discussion? a vote occurs on the amendment by senator paul. all those in favor say aye.

opposed, no. the noes appear to have it. >> [inaudible] >> recorded vote is requested. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call]

[roll call] >> the vote is ten ayes. >> the amendment is not agreed to. whom do we have left? >> any amendment on the democratic side? senator casey. some of mr. sherman, thank you very much. i am offering -- let me get the right amendment number here. this is amendment number one. >> the title of the amendment is

a well-rounded education amendment, and the thrust of this amendment is to speak to a basic problem we have now with no child left behind that the focus, and sometimes the focus to the exclusion of a lot of subject matter is to focus only on reading and math, and as appropriate as it is to focus on those subjects to bring scores of unfortunately it has led to a real diminution in the time that students are spending on virtually anything else. and so, the amendment very simply would -- and ghanem rates subjects -- it enumerate subjects to have the benefit of an improved instructional course of study. subjects like the arts, foreign languages, history, civics and

government, economics, financial literacy, health, environmental and education, geography, physical education, a whole range of subject matters that not only students are disadvantaged if they don't have exposure to, but actually the research shows that when they do have exposure to a well-rounded education, their test scores are better and they do a lot better not only in school, but certainly i think over time in life. let me give you an example of that. the college board reported that in 2010 students who took a full year of art and music scored 91 points higher on the s.a.t. than students who took only a half a year or less. i know the impact that but this has had the failure to have the subjects available has had in a state like pennsylvania. there is a recent statement made

by an elected official one pennsylvania who is talking about a particular school district, and he said, and i am quoting, this quotation refers to the rochester up with school district, and i am quoting from a news report the school district is without music or art on the high school level. as a matter of fact, there is only one music teacher in in the entire school district, so says an elected official who represents that school district in the general assembly the state house of representatives. i think it is badly needed whether you talk to educators or parents or whether you talk to people as passionate about this as david mccullough, the great historian, who talks about what this has done to our country when you have children being educated in a very narrow teach to the test kind of regimen.

so i would ask a yes vote on this amendment. >> as i understand the amendment it takes to five programs that were basically eliminated in the base bill and puts it into one program; is that correct? arts and education, six, economics education, foreign language assistance program, and one of the things i've always disliked about no child left behind is that it's crowded out the arts and music and pe, and this would help at least broaden that out getting rebels no child left behind. islamic just a recognition very briefly i would say to the author of the amendment and to the chairman. had you adopted my amendment to pots of money and flexibility of these were covered as well as of the school wanted to do p.e. or whatever, the funds were there, the flexibility was there to

have accomplished all of this and we wouldn't have to create a new program or wish that we had created a new program because schools would have the flexibility to do what they wanted. >> mr. sherman? >> i don't think there is anything in this that can't be done under title i of the schools choose to do that, and it sets up a new program and it looks like delegates our wishes for a $500 million to be used for this. so this is 17 more pages and another bunch of money. >> one of the basic reasons to put forth this amendment is we have been hearing about the defect of no child left behind for all of these years and one of the defects and a really corrosive problem is that you have children being educated in a very narrow and limited way

and it's not just bad for the longer term, it's actually bad for the test scores. it's making it more difficult for them to achieve to be successful as they could be, and i think children should have as broad and education as possible and no child left behind short circuit that. espinel of those in favor of the pc amendment will signify by saying aye, opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the ayes have it. senator dirk? >> mr. chairman, i would call burr amendment number one, title fight. >> number one, title v. >> i would be extremely quick on this, mr. sherman. one of the most recognized barriers to the growth of

charter schools is the access to private capital to ensure quality facilities. the credit enhancement for charter school facilities programs is an important program for addressing the capitol and the funding gap now as well as strengthening the public-private partnership between charter schools and organizations that provide such capital resources. in very simple terms, this amendment does the following. the credit enhancement for charter school facility program that would allow the secretary of education to waive the extremely restrictive definition of high performing charter schools. without some flexibility to this definition, there is a very high likelihood that credit will be unfairly limited to the were the charter schools that need the credit. i've heard from cdfi that this

definition and the requirement would make it nearly impossible to use the credit enhancement program to make loans to almost any of the charters with which they presently work. this amendment carries over the same language that is in the basic charter school programs. mr. chairman i would encourage my colleagues to support this amendment. it simply provides a pathway for those who charter schools, and that pathway goes right to the secretary of the department of education >> in the bill the dollars to

the high performing schools -- and define those terms they receive 85% of the total appropriations and provide the funds to support the creation of expansion and replication. to receive the remaining 15% to such high performing schools. [inaudible conversations] >> mr. chairman, let me ask my colleagues if -- there are a number of reasons for us to do this. the reality is that most states do not define high performing schools, which would put the

onus on the lender to make that determination. another problem is finding a demographically similar schools as a comparison, which can be nearly impossible given the very nature of the school, and especially the charter schools, and these are all criteria there is absolutely essentials for the usage of the charter school or the credit enhancement for the charter school program. if a charter school doesn't merit participation, then i could just about sure my colleagues in the secretary of education is never going to provide the waiver to allow them to access it. if our focus is on outcome and we are less concerned with how it came from or where it came from, then making sure the

capitol was available to all that want to try to provide high-quality education to the nation's kids this is an important provision to have. >> again it's not an area that i am paying any expertise whatsoever but i'm told that here is my view one charter schools. there are good charter schools and there are mediocre charter schools and some of that charter schools. we know that. as i understand, the language that we have under the high performing charter schools was to target the scarce federal dollars we have to those charter schools that are doing better than the contemporary schools in the state. so you want money to go to those schools that are high performing that are doing better. why would you want to put scarce

federal dollars into a charter school that isn't doing any better than any of the other schools in terms of their performance? >> um, mr. chairman of me see the enemy in the charter school program, not to the credit enhancement for the charter school facilities programs but in the main charter school program, which is specifically designated for the charter schools for expansion purposes, this exact weaver insists. in the main charter school program this waiver provision exists. i'm taking what is in the peace charter school program and extending that to the credit enhancement for charter schools programs.

>> we are trying to find the base language over here so if anybody has, that would help us a lot. >> what is it? [inaudible conversations] >> this is a white problem in the world, because you've got the access to real estate is tough, credit is tough and i've seen both sides as we put a bunch of charter schools into the of the schools. >> i am told that the waiver that is in the bill now in the existing law applies to the programs that the amendment would expand that to facilities. i'm understanding that the reason in the program is obviously to get them to do better programs, but if they are

not doing anything better, why should we then give them more money if they are not doing better than the schools that they are contemporary with? at least that is my understanding of its. >> let me state to of the problems as i said that the beginning. one, demographically similar is a determination to make in the charter school population if we had as many charter schools as we have public schools i could not make that claim. but demographically similar is going to be extremely tough in rural north carolina or in rural america from the standpoint of the charter schools. second, this is ultimately the secretary of education that determines whether a waiver is warranted and with as much emphasis as we've put into this bill about federal determination , i would think that everybody would be comfortable with any exception,

any profession, in the weaver that the secretary of education could surely look at that and determine whether the merits existed to allow such a waiver to a program. >> further discussion? not all of those in favor of the birth amendment number one, title v, signify by saying aye. opposed, no. the >> recorded vote. >> the clerk will call the roll. [roll call]

[roll call] [roll call] >> the amendment is not agreed to. next we will turn to senator hagen and then a senator murkowski. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have -- i of two amendments.

1i would like to speak about and then i think we need to withdraw and i will quickly go to the next one. or i can do one at a time. >> i would appreciate and -- i have one that really is focused on financial literacy. i think it is critically important in this day and age that we as a country focus on teaching our students about financial literacy. i keep telling everybody that this isn't rocket science we just don't teach it and if you look what has happened over the last two years with the subprime mortgages crisis, if our students can learn in algebra and calculus i don't understand why we don't teach the basic concept people need to understand in today's world and that is how to understand debt, how to understand that works from an investment but not for your everyday expenses so many

people are putting on credit cards and then having these unbelievable problems. and also i look at the mortgage crisis that would add if we could help young people today to understand what a basic mortgage is, then i think it would pay huge dividends as we go forward. and i think the key to improving the financial literacy of all americans is being sure that our students are exposed to this out of the appropriate levels of their education to a formal financial literacy education. i served for a number of years in the state senate in north carolina, and i was able to have a bill put into the law that required that this be taught in high school in the six and economics class, and right now there are several states, i think there's three states in the nation that require this to be taught, and about 18 that have some sort of a program within their school system, and this is not a mandate.

senator murray and senator berkeley have been added as co-sponsors. but i think it's very important that we have an avenue where states can apply on a competitive grant basis where they can request the curriculum grade six through 12 that would then allow them to receive funding to help with putting this in the classroom. i think with a huge difference in the outcome of our general population. and i understand that this might be premature at this time now to vote on it and so we just want to reiterate how concerned i am in our country right now with the lack of education to our students that i think is probably one of the most important things we should be doing in our school system today and that is offering financial

literacy to our students and also being assured that the teachers to teach this course have an avenue where they can get the training and the expertise so that we do have the qualified teachers to teach. every time when i'm not talking about this issue invariably people come up to me and say i wish i had that class while i was in school and there's great curriculum out there right now. many on online base courses where students take their own level and time frame and it could also make a difference in our country today. >> i say to my friend from north carolina i know how strongly she feels about this. i share that. we do need to start teaching our kids financial literacy. i will point out that that is one of the -- we just adopted the kec amendment, and that is one of the acceptable programs the states can use when a well

rounded in education in title for so we just adopted that and one of them as financial literacy so it is sort of encompassed within that amendment that we adopted of senator casey just a little while ago. senator berkeley. >> thank you, mr. chair. i just want to echo everything that senator hagen said. this is something that should bring the brigety together across the spectrum. so often when we are talking about predatory arrangements i hear folks say it should be by your be where. folks should understand, but how do you understand you've never been taught the principles of interest were layaway or a whole series of issues related to the management of credit cards committed cards, prepaid cards, savings accounts or what is a retirement account so on and so forth. all of these things are essentials to the families

promoting and building their own strong financial innovation with a very complicated world. i think it's important to remember how much more complicated that world has become. when i got of graduate school and went to work for the defense department, i applied for mastercard. i was turned down because i didn't have to years of work experience and i was a presidential fellow. that is what the world was like when i came out of school. now i get credit card implications for my daughter and my son on an almost daily basis. i think that my dog would qualify for a credit card. the complexity of the financial interest has become extraordinarily greater. the difference between your home loan bank down on the quarter that creates a simple interest-rate and has a straightforward loan product and can explain to you in three minutes and there is no predatory aspect at all to the very complicated arrangements that require folks in the business to be able to lay out

and it creates an opportunity for misunderstanding, our children need to be able to understand this complicated world, and so i would love for us to adopt this right now. i think this is so important to the success of our families. this is family value. >> one other thing, mr. chairman, that is in our military right now we have a number of people that are losing their military clearance because they got into financial trouble, and we see that that is a big issue in our military. and once again, if we don't teach these concepts, the real world is out there on a predatory basis that's doing a lot of harm and i feel we could prevent so much of that actually from having courses like this in our schools today. spry will withdraw this amendment, and i will be sure to put it forth on the floor.

>> i appreciate that very much. senator murkowski. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let's see this is title seven amendment number one. >> number one on title vii. >> and this is an amendment that relates to the alaska native educational equity program that has been in place for well over a decade now. i had intended to work with you and the ranking member including on some clarification the language within the manager's amendment, and i appreciate the effort that took two of them made although there were some changes that were made that caused me to offer up this particular amendment. what it does is eight strikes and replaces the language within the manager's amendment and

doing so this is a more efficient way to handle what we felt were the necessary corrections for the program. there's too changes here. one specific change the was made to my language within the manager's amendment with the revision of a requirement for an annual report on the guarantees out comes certainly we all need to have accountability with federal dollars, no problem that we've got specifically is within this need is educational equity the guarantees are already required to in newly report on the outcome through the government performance and results act. we have a good solid reports. the alaska native educational program i think is clearly doing well demonstrated is a vitally necessary the guarantees are doing great work. a second problem that we have got with the new requirement for the annual report is that it requires the guarantee to report on specific areas of academic

achievement, graduation rate, college enrollment of the alaska native guarantees served. this clearly sounds good, but you have to realize that some of the allowed activities within the program itself within the alaska natives education equity program are targeted to jim burr children. children their age birth to five, some are targeted toward the parent for parenting education and some assist alaskan natives to become successful teachers so there is some criteria within it that just doesn't fit within the given confines of the program. so i would ask that the language that we had offered up as a part of that manager's amendment would be incorporated so that we don't have concerns with this additional reporting that may or may not be necessary, given the type of program that we have in front of us. >> let me see if i understand

it. the amendment recognizes the critical role the tribal leaders complete the education of native students. it authorizes the use of the funds to support the preservation, resignation of native languages. it elevates the focus on the native language and helps support teaching and learning. >> what is this about your marks? [inaudible conversations] >> while he is looking through that, could i ask why are you removing the base bill reporting requirement on the local the education agencies? >> what this amendment would is

to make sure the reporting requirements are still there under the government performance result act is still required to report annually. the do that. we don't report that. we are seeing that that is still in place. the reporting requirement is still there. so, the additional, the addition of the requirement for the annual report from the guarantees on their route comes would then be in addition to what is currently already required. speed is there any further addition of the murkowski amendment? all of them in favor say aye, opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it and the amendment is adopted. next we turn to senator murray. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. i know that you have had a long day and i want to talk about one

amendment i will not offer it. you have been here all day long but i want to see quickly on the early childhood education which is critical to so many of our students. we make a number of strong steps within the legislation that is in front of us and i appreciate all of the hard work that is a former preschool teacher i know how important this is, and i had an amendment i was going to offer that i will do on the floor to create a new title to the address early education in our country. i will not describe the amendment tonight. i will hopefully be able to offer it on the floor. but i do think we all understand that as far as our kids at an early age don't get with the need a lot of the money we spend early on is because of that and i am hopeful that we can look at that amendment when we get to the floor. at this time i do have one other amendment want to offer. it is my second amendment, title i, and i do have a modification to the amendment

the clerk is passing out the worked with the senator from alaska and i would ask the staff to hand that out. estimates amendment number two title i. >> what this amendment actually does is help out or states and districts use open interoperable student data assessment files. the legislation makes sure to the states and districts can after student data and assessment items available in the industry recognized formats that are secure and protect students' privacy. this may look like a real technical issue but what it does is allow three very important changes that our parents and schools are asking for. the burden of moving student records between schools or from school to college will be greatly reduced by this amendment. teachers and parents will be able to use technology to create a customized learning experience for kids and schools will be safeguarded against losing their

data when they change or upgrade technology systems. mr. sherman, currently when a student moves from one school to another the records have to be printed with have to be sent in an e-mail and then manually typed up by the new school. as you can imagine this takes months and all the time students are delete from getting what services they need or the correct class the need to be in too. but if the districts adopt open interoperable data standards the student records can be moved instantly, efficiently and secure from school to school or college and graduate. so adopting the common standards actually makes it easier and cheaper for schools to use innovative technology including systems that customize the learning experience for each child since they won't have to custom build each school and they can be reused and repurchased from other districts or states. finally, let me say by having interoperable standards for assessments and student data, districts and states will then

be safeguarded of through the rapidly evolving technology and they would no longer have to worry about losing their data when they change vendors or upgrade their devices. so i think this is really a smart common sense approach. it doesn't specify the standard, doesn't specify what is going to be implemented and believes that the state. but mr. chairman, this will save money and encourage innovation and increased the engagement with parents did families and most importantly, assure an easy way to make sure that there were students move from school to school, state to state. many of our military students who go back and forth get their records accurately and quickly. >> mr. chairman? >> senator enzi. estimate is there an industry racket priced technology that is used by all of the state's? because this would -- to follow a student it has to go between states as well as within the states. i know of several states that

have the data currently. they just have it year by year they don't follow the child with a i don't think and that gets into some privacy situations and who owns the data, but is there an industry recognized process for having the state of follow the student to another state? >> this doesn't set the standard. there are a number of standards that can be used, and there are industry to recognize the standards already in place. what my amendment does is withstand rigorous testing for the security and privacy. so that's what the amendment is focused on doing. >> i think i would agree with that if it was within the state but once you start moving the data between the states, than all the states have to have the same industry recognized interoperable communications. and i'm not sure that is

available. >> states can already send information back and forth. what this does is make sure that they can do it electronically rather than having to send it by e-mail and then typed it into the system which is often what happens today. spry i think the kids and some data and mobile and this would require standardization. isn't that some wording in the bill? >> it doesn't change what they can send it just allows the format. estimate mr. sherman? >> there is a department of defense program that started several years ago. i forget what it's called. but it was -- it came up because kids were moving from base to base and kids in hawaii were moving to washington state or some place and they didn't know really what curriculum they had and how that would coincide with

the class as they were going to be in another state and so a system was developed and it's been adopted and the military has used it and i think other schools have used it now so if a kid is going from one school in one state to another in another state they electronically transfer the courses, the type of instruction the student has had standing so that when the kid goes to the next school, the teacher knows basically with that student has been caught in another state. the military has used this for several years. >> you are correct but that is not an electronic system is a paper system. sprigg its electronic. i swear it's electronics. >> you may be able to e-mail but the interoperable standards don't allow that to happen.

[inaudible conversations] >> this is a private program i guess. >> mr. chairman may i ask a quick question. senator murray, does this language mean that these tests and all 15,000 school districts will be made public each year? >> no it does not. it just allows the standard in place so they can transfer them electronically. >> it says they are securely available. available to whom? >> if there public that means you have to buy new tests each year and the would be extremely -- >> it's not public. we are talking about an interoperable standard within the technology system that allows the records to move from state to state and the district

to district so that everybody works together here. >> but the words subject -- >> everything is in place. it doesn't require new information to be given to anybody. it's just how you pass it from school to school, state to state under what kind of system. >> i wondered if he would be willing to withdraw and let us work on it between now and in the floor so we know the costs are and what the word securely available might mean. >> i'm sorry, senator, i couldn't hear what you said. >> i wonder if you might be willing to withdraw the amendment and let us understand clearly what the cost might be and what the word securely available might mean so it could be adopted on the floor. >> i am happy to work with your staff on that. i think he will be satisfied by what we are able to do. it's not in the traditional cost and the information goes from state to state but it does allow it to be done which is not today.

>> we will work on it. i appreciate it. we are about to have a vote shortly. i understand there are no more votes on the republican side. i would ask those on this side if you feel strongly about it i understand that and you are certainly in your right to offer an amendment, but i would hope that we would perhaps shorten the debate period of those amendments. senator hagen. >> thank you mr. chairman. this is an amendment that affects the sort of global schools network. a number of years ago north carolina worked with the department of state to develop the global school network and it really helps prepare students in the global economy that we have going forward right now. it's been extremely successful, and right now we have 14 school districts that participate and another six or signed up for next year. currently we have 200 visiting

teachers participating in this private amendment, about 5,000 students are being taught by the is visiting teachers. i want to first say that there is no federal money allocated in this. and the reason for this is to help clarify that each state can set the standard for the visiting teachers as almost comparable to the exchange teachers in our university systems. this amendment clarifying it is unclear whether any state could actually have a visiting the teacher exchange program. so i would ask the support for this amendment from a clarification standpoint and senator byrd has shared with my office that he is in support of this amendment. >> i think this provides a lot of flexibility for the foreign language teacher from another country to become. you have been to wyoming, and i would hope everybody would

support this. since our side has forgone a number of amendments i certainly hope that your side will forego a number of the amendment and why we have a quorum that we can vote and before we disappear, which we really will disappear, then we can get to a final vote. >> thank you. further discussion on this amendment? >> hearing none, all of those in favor, aye. opposed, no. it appears to have passed. >> the number? >> other amendments on that side? yes. >> this will be my first amendment offered, so i don't feel too badly about taking a moment of the committee's time, and i will be withdrawing it and i will be very brief and then i will move on to a second amendment, which i believe is very widely supported. the first amendment has to do with the improving literacy through the school libraries program, which has been in this act but was stripped out in this

particular piece of legislation. as many of you know senator murray has been a champion of this for a long time and my senior senator jack reid in his time on the committee put an enormous amount of work in the program and is very proud of it and we think it is very unfortunate that it has fallen out and all i can say at this point is we are going to work very hard between now and the vote on the floor to restore the program. that was white house amendment number one. the one that i would like considered is the white house number three. this is an amendment carries no fiscal impact whatsoever. i have one change that i would like to meet to it which is on page one, line five, to strike the word states educational agencies. with that change has altered what this does is to ensure a balance for states like mine that have community-based after-school programs that they

will be treated equally by the department of education with extended day school based programs. those of us who have community-based after-school programs and providence has one of the best in the world. i mean it is really a phenomenal program. it is in fact so good that it's starting to work its way back into the classroom to support the teaching that is taking place in the classroom and exposes kids to offices and to museums, it exposes kids to the ocean, expose his kids to all sorts of things. it really is a superb program. the concern was there was a fairly strong drift coming out of the department of education that they were going to get rid of community-based after-school programs in return for handing over the sign block to the school itself or the extended day. this has no cost. it creates no penalty to those who are in the extended programs. simply assures balance by the department of education treating

the community-based after-school programs and school based extended date programs. i thank chairman harkin for supporting this compromise amendment and for his considerable work plan together the compromise on the 21st century community learning center program i'm happy to address them and if not, i hope we can pass it and i think we should be noncontroversial. it is clearly defensive on behalf of those who have the community after-school programs. >> and i will take a voice vote. >> i'm sure we didn't hear much of your debate. >> it was eloquent and convincing. [laughter] >> we will have a vote on the white house amendment. all of those in favor, aye.

opposed, no. aye appears to have it. the amendment is agreed to. we are going to take a break, but before that, we have a special recognition. if you take it down and clearly all. clear the aisles. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ ♪ [applause] >> 39. whoever did this goes to the head of the class. [laughter] thank you very much. [applause] >> when we come back we will eat the cake. we have one vote on a nomination

possibly some votes after senator enzi and i will assess on the floor with a there is time to perform before the votes or whether we can come the end. once all of the votes are completed. >> pardoned? >> let's see what happens. we have one vote let's see what the dissidents is between this and the next one and sort of kind of oddball less and see if there is going to be a big space of an hour we can come back and finish and if not we will recess until we come back. >> you'll come back now. [inaudible conversations]

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theodore roosevelt and woodrow wilson, before another roosevelt adopted and distorted the words liberal. >> he was a member of the democratic party for over 20 years, switching in 1940. wendell willkie sought and won the republican nomination for president and although he lost the election he left his mark in political history, speaking out for civil rights and becoming the for an ambassador for the former opponent, franklin roosevelt. wendell willkie is one of the 14 men featured in c-span's weekly series the contender from risch bill indianan tonight at 8 p.m. eastern. >> national staff writer with "the washington post" she covered the session in the senate this week. why does the senate want to change the no child left behind glock? >> went no child left behind was enacted in 2002, it was an unprecedented reach into education by the federal government. and this was a bipartisan plan.

it was championed by president bush and senator kennedy. they argued they could get federal money to be held accountable for the results so for the first time states were required to test to set performance targets and work every year to meet those goals, but in the nine years since come schools, states, teachers come these all completed the goals are unrealistic and the sanctions if they don't meet the goals were draconian. so there was a lot of pressure on congress to change the law. >> what did the senate education committee accomplish in the markup session this week? >> it basically represents a serious retrenchment of the federal government and classrooms. no longer will the states have to sit achieve the targets for the kids to read the stuff to test them every year they don't have to have any goals for achievement so they don't have to meet any goals and they won't face any penalties if they

aren't learning what educators think they should be learning. and also, there is no -- originally senator harkin wanted some kind of teacher's evaluation measured in there. he wanted to be able to tell good teachers from bad teachers and require the states to somehow measure their achievement. that's been wiped out of there as well. and only 5% of the country's worst performing schools will face some kind of a federal oversight. they did leave 5%, the lowest of the low. they are also called a dropout factories. those 5% would still be subject to some kind of federal oversight but for the majority of schools 95% of the first government basically our hands off. >> the obama administration had already moved ahead on some policy changes, and congress

didn't act and there was all this pressure building up from the state's saying we can't work with this. it is unworkable. help us. so obama directed the psychiatry of education arne duncan to issue waivers to states to relieve them from some of the burden of the law. and i think to date we have got 49 states in part rico and the district of columbia has indicated that they want weavers. they want out. so, the administration moved ahead with that and that kind of woke up this dennett. they decided they didn't want to be on the sidelines, they didn't want the administration basically rewriting the law. so that's why we saw all this action of a sudden after four years of inaction. >> on the re-ride hall likely is this new education measure to be approved by congress this session? >> that's a great question. i don't predict these things because it is pretty hard to tell. over on the house side the republican leadership has wanted

to do the reform of the law in a piecemeal fashion. they've got three bills they got out of the committee. only one of them passed the house floor. i don't know how committed they are taking on a comprehensive rewrite. which is what the senate version is which we will have to see what happens in conference is this one gets passed on the senate floor we will find out. estimate of the national staff writer with the washington post. you can read her articles at washingtonpost.com. thanks for that update. >> thanks, bill. ..