On Tuesday, Margaret Spellings, the Secretary of Education, proposed a series of fixes to President Bush's "No Child Left Behind" law. Among the proposals, Ms. Spellings wants to require states to use a single federal formula to calculate high school graduation rates. Additionally, she would require schools to notify parents about their rights to transfer students out of a federally failing school and the opportunity to take advantage of federally financed tutoring available to those students. The finalized regulations will be issued in November and will take effect one month later
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