Yesterday, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law sent a formal letter to US Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor and Pensions Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) calling for additional improvements and amended language to the proposed reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). “We firmly believe education is a civil right – not a privilege afforded to few,” Public Policy Director Tanya Clay House stressed. “Hence, equal access to quality education must be available to all students and we will continue to ensure this right through our public policy advocacy and in the courts.” more
