John Kline: “We must restore local control, and encourage the kind of flexibility states and school districts need.”

During the eight long years our team spent working to pass this bill, no topic was more hotly debated than that of annual testing. . . In the end, we arrived at a fair and sensible compromise in the law: Keep the requirement that the same…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by a 5-minute vote on passing the joint resolution, the objections…

It could have a combination of tuition increases, service reductions, and possibly layoffs.

the law is the law, and it must be followed.