[originaltext] School governing organizations in three states and the nation’

School governing organizations in three states and the nation’s largest teachers’ union recently brought legal action against the federal government. Nine school districts and the National Education Association criticize a federal education reform law.    They say the Department of Education has failed to provide enough money for schools to carry out the law called No Child Left Behind. They accuse the Department of Education of violating a part of the law that says states cannot be forced to spend their own money to meet the federal requirements. They say fully obeying the law would cost the states thousands of millions of dollars to test students.
   The state of Utah also criticized the law. State lawmakers voted to place top importance on Utah’s own school performance system when it conflicts with the federal government. Utah and several other states say they want to use their own educational reform plans.