“Every Student Succeeds Act” Gets Final Approval

An overhaul of federal education standards gets final approval.

The bi-partisan measure was approved today by the U.S. Senate, after the House gave its OK last week.

President Obama has pledged to sign it.

But one of its supporters says education reform isn't the only change provided by the "Every Student Succeeds Act".

"There's one aspect of this I was able to get into the bill, and that is to look at rural broadband accessibility," says West Virginia Republican U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito. "That would maximize the ability to take the learning from the classroom home at night. But you can't do that if you don't have internet connectivity."

Republican backers say the bill ends the federal mandate for "No Child Left Behind" as well as the much-argued-about Common Core.

It gives states the power to decide what to do about those programs.