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House passes bill to replace No Child act
Collins says Student Success Act would return local, state control to education
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Republicans took the first step Friday in replacing the No Child Left Behind Act, with the House of Representatives voting for the proposed Student Success Act. U.S. Rep. Doug Collins, R-Gainesville, spoke Thursday in support of the SSA on the House floor, drawing from his experience of his marriage to a schoolteacher. He said that there were too many restrictions and regulations when federal government gets involved in education.