The U.S. Department of Education is giving serious consideration to offering a special, district-level waiver from the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act to just a handful of districts in California.
So far, 34 states and the District of Columbia have been approved for waivers that allow them to get out from under key mandates of the NCLB law in exchange for embracing department priorities, such as measuring teacher effectiveness based in part on student outcomes.
via Arne Duncan Eyes NCLB Waiver for Handful of Calif. Districts.