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On the recordJuly 21, 2004
I asked all 17 superintendents of school districts in Nevada to meet with me... Without exception, every one of the superintendents said: The Leave No Child Behind Act is leaving children of Nevada behind, without exception. They said: Please change this. Give us some resources. I say to my friend, education is important in Nevada. The Leave No Child Behind Act has been a disaster for Nevada. Shouldn't we be spending some time talking about education in the U.S. Senate rather than class action, marriage, and a few judges. They want to defer attention away from the real issues of this country, so we are spending days of our existence on the Senate floor talking about judges. Shouldn't we be dealing with education?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the impact of the Leave No Child Behind Act on Nevada's education system.

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