From the National Governors' Association, December, 2000.
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The House Education Committee voted Wednesday to strip private school vouchers from Bush's education legislation in a setback for conservatives that, nonetheless, likely will boost the bill's chances for wider support. Even as the voucher plan was going down to defeat, Congressional leaders picked up the pace on the president's education package with agreements on school testing and help for students in failing schools. Education debate has stalled for weeks in the Senate as lawmakers discussed details of how student test scores should be weighed. GOP and Democratic senators were expected to announce an agreement on testing Thursday. Meanwhile, the House and Senate were intensifying work on their own versions of a major education funding bill, which has provisions designed to improve student performance while giving more freedom to schools to spend federal funds.