BOISE -- The state plans to accept public comment in January on Idaho's application for a federal waiver to skirt provisions under the No Child Left Behind education law.
Officials at the state Department of Education had hoped to have the waiver application ready for review in December and hold a 21-day public comment period before submitting it in February. But the agency notified school districts Wednesday that the proposal was still undergoing edits.
Idaho and other states have complained the nation's key education law sets unrealistic benchmarks for schools while failing to accurately measure student growth.
President Barack Obama announced in September that since Congress had failed to rewrite No Child Left Behind, he would allow states that meet certain requirements to apply for a waiver to get
around it.
