Center on Education Policy Newsletter
Author(s): Wayne Riddle
Published: September 29, 2011
This document answers some frequently asked questions about the U. S. Secretary of Education’s authority to grant waivers of Elementary and Secondary Education Act requirements, including how that process works under current provisions, which requirements can currently be waived, and how often this authority has been used in the past.
Paper *updated 2/17/12* (PDF format, 398 KB)