From Deseret News archives:
Laws test states' rights
Federal policies such as No Child Left Behind, Title IX and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act are the center of the struggle, said William Thro.
Thro has argued cases of federalism, also known as states' rights, before the Supreme Court of the United States and spoke about the national-state government struggle at a recent education and law conference at Brigham Young University, attended by about 300 people. Lawyers and educators received continuing education credit in their professions for attending the conference.
Thro said an argument can be made that the federal government has no power to make education policy, except in cases in which education practices violate federal law, such as segregation.
"A more moderate argument, I think, is the national government can make education policy, but there is a line they can't cross," he said.
If the federal government makes an educational policy, it has to provide states with money to implement it, Thro said.
That hasn't happened with Title IX, Thro said, because many schools have had to start female sports programs without directly receiving federal government money.
With NCLB, "the federal government puts you in a position where you have no choice and you have to take the money," Thro told the conference attendees, adding that it is coercion.
Courts say that the federal government cannot coerce the states, cut the Supreme Court has not defined coercion.
Many people believe IDEA, the federal disabilities education act, is an illegal federal government mandate, but Thro disagrees.
"In that instance, the money follows the condition," he said, arguing that IDEA designed to ensure that students with disabilities have access to appropriate education programs is different than Title IX and NCLB.
Thro also discussed Utah's current struggle with the U.S. Department of Education. During its special session in April, the Utah Legislature passed a bill that challenges NCLB.
The measure requires Utah educators to follow state educational policies when there is confusion over President Bush's NCLB.
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