3rd Circuit: Parents Can’t Sue Under No Child Left Behind Act
Shannon P. Duffy reports on the Legal Intelligencer:
Parents have no right to sue under the federal No Child Left Behind Act because Congress designed the law only to regulate school districts and never included any “rights creating” language that would allow individuals to seek enforcement through lawsuits, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
The decision Thursday in Newark Parents Association v. Newark Public Schools marks the first time that a federal appellate court has refused to recognize a private cause of action under the NCLB . . .