John Kline: “We need to be able to look in and see how different elements of our student body are doing well.”

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…

Composite plans are not intended to replace defined benefit plans, but are intended to be an alternative to the 401(k) defined contribution plan.

If Congress does not reform the architecture of the multiemployer pension system, then it won't matter how much money we throw at this problem.

This regulatory scheme is an attempt to accomplish something Congress specifically chose not to do.