Message: live free or go broke. (Inside the law: analyzing, debating and explaining no child left behind).

Message: live free or go broke. (Inside the law: analyzing, debating and explaining no child left behind). Will people from the "Live Free or Die" state tell the federal government to keep its NCLB NCLB No Child Left Behind (US education initiative)regulations? More than half of New Hampshire's school districts oppose yet another unfunded mandate An unfunded mandate is a statute that requires government or private parties to carry out specific actions, but does not appropriate any funds for that purpose. Examples from the feds. The state's residents were scheduled to vote on whether to reject the NCLB mandates last month. The unanswered question is what will happen if the entire state refuses to enact this legislation. The federal government might withhold with��hold?v. with��held , with��hold��ing, with��holdsv.tr.1. To keep in check; restrain.2. To refrain from giving, granting, or permitting. See Synonyms at keep.3. all its education funds to New Hampshire New Hampshire,one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). . "[The vote is] a very strong message that would be sent to our congressional delegation, reminding them of how we do things in New Hampshire," says Dean Michener Mich��e��ner? , James Albert 1907-1997.American writer of historical novels, such as Tales of the South Pacific (1947), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize, and The Source (1965).Noun 1. , interim executive director of New Hampshire School Boards Association. "Local control is probably the key word here. Local taxpayers are funding the major piece of education budgets.... They want to maintain control over programs." The NHSBA NHSBA New Hampshire School Boards Association upholds figures from the New Hampshire School Administrators Association that estimate districts must spend, on average, an extra $575 per pupil each year to implement No Child Left Behind, but only receive about $77 per pupil from the federal government. The costs include training and hiring more qualified teachers and paraprofessionals as well as technology expenses. Several other states have expressed concerns about the law's financial burdens. New Hampshire voters don't want a repeat of the federal government's promise to fund 40 percent of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act This article or section is currently being developed or reviewed.Some statements may be disputed, incorrect, , biased or otherwise objectionable. . The government has yet to live up to that promise. As of mid-February, about 80 out of 150 school districts statewide adopted resolutions opposing the new law or planned to vote on a Warrant Article, which would tell the feds that voters "vigorously oppose any and all unfunded and under-funded federal educational mandates ..." due to heavy financial burdens on school budgets. www.nhsba.org Per-student cost to implement NCLB: $575 Federal dollars allocated: $77