U.S. Asks Court to Dismiss Lawsuit Over NCLB.

This article presents information on the reply given by U.S. President George W. Bush to a National Education Association lawsuit that challenges the No Child Left Behind Act. According to the Bush administration, the states and school districts can be required to spend their own money to comply with the No Child Left Behind Act if they accept federal funds under the law. In court papers filed on June 29, the administration asked a U.S. District Court judge in Detroit to dismiss the suit, which was filed in April 2005. The motion attacks the suit's central claim that the U.S. Department of Education's implementation of the sweeping 3½-year-old law violates the statute's ban on placing unfunded mandates on states and districts.