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BUSH’S BROKEN PROMISE TO AMERICA’S STUDENTS:
$40 BILLION AND COUNTING
President Bush has consistently broken his promise to fully fund the No Child Left Behind law. The left column of the table below shows the amount schools need to fully pay for the requirements of No Child Left Behind, like a high quality teacher in every classroom. The center column shows the amount schools actually got from President Bush and Republican leaders in Congress. The right column (in red) shows the amount that students were shortchanged.
| YEAR | WHAT SCHOOLS NEED | WHAT SCHOOLS GOT | STUDENTS
SHORTCHANGED BY |
| 2002 | 26.4 | 22.2 | 4.2 |
| 2003 | 29.2 | 23.8 | 5.4 |
| 2004 | 32 | 24.5 | 7.5 |
| 2005 | 34.3 | 24.5 | 9.8 |
| 2006 | 36.9 | 23.7 | 13.2 |
| TO DATE SHORTFALL | | | $40.2 BILLION |
- December 7, 2006 Press Release
New GAO Report Raises Concerns on Funding For English Language Learners
- October 23, 2006 Press Release
Armstrong Williams’ Settlement With Justice Department Doesn't Settle The Matter, Says Miller; Calls Settlement First Step, but Says Bush Officials Must Be Held Accountable and Taxpayers Must be Made Whole
- October 5, 2006 Press Release
Representative Miller: Bush Administration Has Undermined Key Education Law By Breaking Its Promises To Schools
- July 27, 2006 Press Release
Miller, McKeon Comment On GAO Report On Measuring Student Achievement Under No Child Left Behind; Representative Miller Statement At Committee Hearing On No Child Left Behind
- July 26, 2006 Press Release
Children With Limited English Proficiency Being Left Behind, Says New GAO Report; House Democrats Call On Republicans to Drop Partisan Politics and Focus on Helping all Children Learn English
- July 6, 2006 Press Release
Representative George Miller Statement On The Citizens' Commission On Civil Rights Interim Report On NCLB Teacher Equity
- June 13, 2006 Press Release
Representative Miller Statement At Committee Hearing On No Child Left Behind
- April 28, 2006 Press Release
House Democrats Ask Spellings to Act Quickly to Correct Problem With No Child Left Behind
- January 9, 2006 Press Release
Representative Miller Statement on Four-Year Anniversary of No Child Left Behind
- November 18, 2005 Press Release
Representative Miller Statement on Secretary Spellings' Announcement on ‘Growth Models’ Under NCLB
- July 14, 2005 Press Release
Miller Says NAEP Scores Show School Reforms Are Helping; Calls for Greater Commitment to See the Law Through
- April 26, 2005 Press Release
Representative Miller Statement on Hearing on “Tutoring for Children in Underachieving Schools”
- April 20, 2005 Press Release
Representative Miller Statement on NEA Lawsuit on No Child Left Behind
- April 7, 2005 Press Release
Statement of Representatives Boehner and Miller on Secretary Spellings’ Announcement on No Child Left Behind
- March 28, 2005 Press Release
Urban Schools are Making Progress, but Need More Help to Keep Improving, says Representative Miller; Statement on New Study from Council of the Great City Schools
- January 28, 2005 Press Release
Secretary Spellings' Priority Should Be No Child Left Behind, Not Promoting Intolerance, Says Miller
- January 26, 2005 Press Release
Use of PR Contracts More Than Doubled Under Bush, Report (pdf file) Finds; Bush Administration’s Use of Covert Propaganda Prompts Legislative Response from Democrats
- January 11, 2005 Dear Colleague Letter
Keep Our Promises to America's Children and Teachers; Cosponsor the Keep Our Pact Act
- January 7, 2005 Press Release
Miller and Other Lawmakers Call for Several Investigations Into the Alarming Increased Use of Illegal Covert Propaganda by the Bush Administration
- October 1, 2004 Press Release
GAO Faults Bush Administration on Implementation of No Child Left Behind Act
- September 24, 2004 Press Release
State-by-State Report Shows Negative Effects of Underfunding No Child Left Behind Act
- July 8, 2004 Press Release
Representative Miller Introduces Bill to Prevent School Districts From Losing Title I Funds
- June 18, 2004 Press Release
Attention Fact Checkers: New Miller-Kennedy NCLB Fairness Act Specifically Ensures Kids Continue to Get Services; Children would continue to receive supplemental services and be eligible for public school choice, contrary to erroneous Republican committee press release
- June 17, 2004 Press Release
Miller, Kennedy Introduce Bill to Require Department of Education to Play by its Own Rules on No Child Left Behind; Legislation would spare thousands of schools from being unfairly graded by the Bush Administration
- May 11, 2004 Press Release
Despite Rhetoric, President Bush Has Disappeared From Education Reform Effort, Says Representative Miller; President is visiting Arkansas today, where his policies are leaving many children behind
- April 28, 2004 Press Release
Schools Shouldn't Be Shortchanged Because of Bush Administration's Own Failures, Says Miller
- April 2, 2004 Update on No Child Left Behind (pdf file)
How the Bush Administration Has Failed in Funding and Implementing this Historic Education Law
- March 29, 2004 Press Release
Representative Miller Statement on Latest Regulations Issued by Education Department; Regulations ease requirement on testing 95% of students every year
- March 24, 2004 Press Release
House, Senate Dems Urge Secretary Paige to be More Flexible in Using Last Year's Test Results to Calculate Adequate Yearly Progress
- March 23, 2004 Memo
Important Clarification About No Child Left Behind and Annual Yearly Progress
- March 11, 2004 Letter and Questions to Secretary Paige
Congressman Miller and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Democrats express concerns over the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act
- March 9, 2004 Dear Colleague Letter
No Child Left Behind: Frequent Questions and Accurate Answers
- March 3, 2004 Press Release
Full Funding, Better Implementation of Law Required to Aid Disabled Students, Says Miller
- February 19, 2004 Press Release
Representative Miller Statement on "Limited English Proficiency" Proposal
- January 14, 2004 Press Release
NEA Poll Endorses Accountability Goals of No Child Left Behind Act, Makes the Case for More Funding
- January 11, 2004 Editorial from the Contra Costa Times
Despite law's name, many kids getting left behind (by Senator Edward Kennedy and Representative George Miller)
- January 8, 2004 Letter
Letter to Secretary Paige on the Bush Administration's Failure to Properly Implement No Child Left Behind
- January 8, 2004 Press Release
Bush Administration Tries Accounting Gimmick To Hide Education Funding Shortfall
- January 5, 2004 Press Release
Miller Comments on No Child Left Behind Two-Year Anniversary
- December 8, 2003 Report
Inadequate Yearly Progress: How the Bush Administration has failed to meet its own standards for school reform two years in a row
- November 13, 2003 Press Release
Representative George Miller Comments on the 2003 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Assessments
- November 11, 2003 Editorial from the Washington Post
No Child Left Behind Act: Facts and Fiction
- October 23, 2003 Dear Colleague Letter
"Americans, who value education, can tell a bait-and-switch when they see one."
- September 25, 2003 Letter to the Editor, the Washington Post
How to Leave No Child Behind, by George Miller
- September 24, 2003 Press Release
Miller Again Calls on the Bush Administration to Stop the Gimmicks and Pay the Bill For Better Public Education
- September 17, 2003 Dear Colleague Letter
Setting the Record Straight: No Child Left Behind, Our Schools and our Children
- September 16, 2003 Article from the Washington Post
To Educators, 'No Child' Goals Out of Reach
- September 9, 2003 Press Release
Miller Urges Caution When Opening Bush Administration's New "Toolkit for Teachers"
- August 21, 2003 Report
New Report on Education Reform; Broken Promises: the GOP Record on Education
- July 18, 2003 Statement
President and Republicans Continue to Break Promises on Education Funding and Education Reform; How Many Children Will Be Left Behind?
- July 9, 2003 Press Release
Republican Spending Bill Continues to Break the Promise on Education Funding and Education Reform
- June 10, 2003 Press Release
Education Reform: States are in compliance with new plans, President Bush is not
- June 10, 2003 Statement
Additional comments on President's No Child Left Behind Speech; Specific analysis regarding federal funding for education -- President’s spending increases are smallest in the last decade, even though he is spending more money than at any time in history.
- March 5, 2003 Frequently Asked Questions
Questions and Answers About Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (H.R. 1)
- January 8, 2003 Press Release
Statement by George Miller at the Press Conference on NCLB One-Year Anniversary; Funding Shortfalls, Implementation Problems Threaten Law’s Success
- November 26, 2002 Press Release
New “No Child Left Behind” Regulations Fundamentally Flawed; Could Increase Dropout Rate for Poor and Minority Children
- March 18, 2002 Press Release
Kennedy and Miller Call on Bush to Back Education Spending Increase to Ensure Success of Historic School Reform
- February 15, 2002 Report
“The Leave No Child Behind Act,” H.R. 1: Quality, Resources and Accountability for Our Schools
- February 12, 2002 Press Release
Statement by the Honorable George Miller; "President Bush's 'Left No Money Behind for Education' Budget"
- December 20, 2001 H.R. 1 Information
Summaries of Key Provisions of H.R. 1
- December 20, 2001 Elementary and Secondary Education Act Budget Charts
Increases in Funding Compared to FY 2001
- December 19, 2001 Washington Post Article
In the House, Four Who Deserve a Hand
- December 13, 2001 Press Release
HOUSE APPROVES HISTORIC EDUCATION BILL; Legislation reflects years of effort by Representative Miller on accountability, teacher quality, parental notification, and resources
- December 13, 2001 PDF version of Report 107-334
the Conference Report to accompany H.R. 1
- December 12, 2001 Press Release
Statement by the Honorable George Miller; Puerto Rico Wins Major Title I Boost Under Education Reform Bill
- December 11, 2001 Press Release
Education Reform Bill Clears Key Hurdle, House Approval Expected Later This Week; Summary of the HR 1 Conference Report; Comparison Chart of Democratic Policy Victories in Education
- December 11, 2001 Press Release
Statement by the Honorable George Miller (D-CA), Senior Democrat, House Education and the Workforce Committee
on Completing the Conference Committee on H.R. 1, Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
- December 6, 2001 Letter
Letter to President Bush from House and Senate Democratic Conferees Urging for IDEA Full Funding
- November 30, 2001 Press Release
Representative Miller Dismisses "Callous Charade" of Concern For Special Education Students
- November 30, 2001 Press Release
Statement by the Honorable George Miller: Chairman Boehner's Offer on Special Education Empty
- November 29, 2001 Press Release
Statement by the Honorable George Miller (D-CA), Senior Democrat, House Education and the Workforce Committee on the need to fully fund Congress’ commitment to special education
Congressman George Miller, left, watches as President Bush signs the historic No Child Left Behind education bill into law. As one of the four co-authors of the bill, Miller was invited by President Bush to join him for the signing ceremony in Hamilton, Ohio on January 8, 2002. With him are Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), Education Secretary Rod Paige, and Representative John Boehner (R-OH), chairman of the Education committee. Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH), the four co-author is standing behind Chairman Boehner. More than three years since the bill was passed, Miller said he remains proud of the law but is greatly disappointed by the failure of the President and Republican leaders in Congress to adequately fund it and propoerly implement it.
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