Schwarzenegger recommends sanctions under NCLB

 California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Februrary 27, 2008, recommended severe or moderate sanctions for nearly half the 97 California school districts that have persistently failed to make progress under the No Child Left Behind Act. Those districts, responsible for educating nearly one-third of California’s public school students, face sanctions for the first time under the federal law because they have failed to meet achievement goals for four years.

Schwarzenegger has vowed to make California the first state in the nation to embrace the penalty aspect of the law. By intervening, the state can receive up to $45 million in federal money to help turn the districts around, the governor’s office said. Read more in The San Diego Union-Tribune online.