{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.menendez.senate.gov/news-and-events/in-the-news/senate-set-to-clear-no-child-rewrite", "Senate Set to Clear 'No Child' Rewrite", "2015-12-07", "2015", "2015-12", "Democrat", "House", "NJ", "Robert Menendez", "M000639", "www.menendez.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Senate Set to Clear 'No Child' Rewrite \n\t\t\t\n Senate Set to Clear 'No Child' Rewrite \n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\nMonday, December 7, 2015\n\t\n  \n    By:\n    Sarah Chacko\n\n  Roughly 14 years after passing a sweeping education overhaul known as No Child Left Behind, Congress is on the brink of undoing it.\r\nThe Senate is expected to take final votes Tuesday on the conference report accompanying a Senate bill (S 1177) to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (PL 107-110). House and Senate conferees negotiated the measure using the Senate bill and another version from the House (HR 5)...\r\n...Democrats widely agree that No Child Left Behind sought unattainable standards and employed overly prescriptive remedies when states, districts and schools fell short. However, they also pushed for some federal oversight, concerned that states would otherwise revert to the pre-No Child Left Behind that saw major inequities among schools and student subgroups, particularly poor, minority children.\r\nUltimately I view this bill being about balance, Sen.Robert Menendez, D-N.J., told reporters Monday. Balancing the need to return control of our schools to those who are in the best position to improve them with the need for strong oversight and accountability to ensure that every student, regardless of their zip code or background, has the opportunity to succeed.\r\n...Continue reading article here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.menendez.senate.gov/news-and-events/in-the-news/senate-set-to-clear-no-child-rewrite"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5916358679533005, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}