Luna to testify to Congress on No Child Left Behind

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Public schools chief Tom Luna says he has been asked to testify before Congress on the reauthorization of the nation's governing education law.

Luna, who is president-elect of the Council of Chief State School Officers, says he will be traveling later Monday to Washington D.C., where there has been some progress in rewriting No Child Left Behind — although it's unclear whether Congress will act this year.

Idaho was among three states that vowed earlier this year to ignore the latest requirements under the law, saying they set unrealistic benchmarks.

President Barack Obama in September said that since Congress had failed to rewrite the law, he was allowing states that meet certain requirements to get around it.

Forty states have since said they intend to seek the waivers.