Parents can't sue to enforce No Child Left Behind Act, federal court rules

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Parents can't sue to enforce No Child Left Behind Act,

federal court rules

05:25 PM CST on Thursday, November 20, 2008

The

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA

— A federal appeals court says parents cannot sue school districts to

force them to comply with the No Child Left Behind Act.

The

ruling Thursday comes in a case filed against the low-performing Newark School District

in New Jersey.

Parents

say the district failed to notify them of the right to transfer out of failing

schools and of other provisions required under the law.

The 3rd

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says enforcement of the act is up to state

educational agencies.

Lawyers

in the case did not immediately return calls from The Associated Press.

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