Bennet Secures Amendment to Reduce Data Burden on Colorado School Districts

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Colorado Senator Michael Bennet today secured an amendment to a bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act that would help reduce the burden of data reporting requirements for local school districts. The amendment to the Every Child Achieves Act was approved by voice vote in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee today.

"We ask a lot out of local school districts when it comes to teaching our kids and preparing them for success in college and their future careers," Bennet said. "We need to reduce the burden felt by our districts and improve the process by which they report so they can focus on the most important thing - educating our kids. This amendment tells states to evaluate their data reporting systems and update them in order to minimize burden."

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