Mr. Jeff Simering

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  That provision is a "total minus" for us, said Jeff Simering, the director of legislation for the Council of the Great City Schools, a Washington-based group for the nation's large urban school systems.

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  Jeff Simering, legislative director for the Washington-based Council of the Great City Schools, said he worries that urban schools will continue to face sanctions while suburban schools will get a break.
  
  "We're fearful that central-city schools will be the ones that wind up with the consequences," Simering said.

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  "There have never been claims that fraud has been rampant," said Jeff Simering, the legislative director of the Council of the Great City Schools, a Washington-based organization of big-city districts."Schools are interested in maximizing the financial side of things, but they are not trying to bilk the system."
  
  The reason many districts employ private consultants in the first place is that the billing system is so bafflingly complex, he added.

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  "I haven't read the decision yet, but I'm very concerned that it could lead to racial isolation, resegregation and less educational opportunity for minority children," said Jeff Simering, director of legislation at the Council of the Great City Schools, a group of the nation's largest urban school districts, adding that many of his group's members were still under desegregation orders and were using race-conscious policies to integrate their schools.

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  Jeff Simering, legislative director of the Council of Greater City Schools, a coalition of city school districts, said he worries that the information could force administrators to spend more time on paperwork and less time on education.

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  By Jeff Simering, Director of Legislation

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  · Jeff Simmering, Director of Legislative Services, Council for the Great City Schools

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  Jefferson responds to No Child law
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  "That's a common problem," said Jeff Simering, legislative director of the Washington-based Council of the Great City Schools, a group that represents large districts.
  
  "You don't have (enough) available schools that haven't been identified" as failing to progress by No Child Left Behind, he said.

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  "On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd put [the budget crisis] at an 8," said Jeff Simering, the director of legislative services for the Council of the Great City Schools, a Washington-based coalition of urban school systems that is tracking the situation.
  
  "I think it's significant; I think it's serious," he said."I do believe that the effect of the economy is going to continue to manifest itself negatively for us for a number of months."
  
  Painful Decisions
  
  Detroit is the latest urban district to announce layoffs.

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  3/13/02 -- Agency Looks for Balance Policing ESEA --... - [Cached Version]
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  "We have a responsibility to fill our classrooms with the best-qualified teachers we can get," said Jeff Simering, the legislative director of the Council of the Great City Schools, a Washington-based association of urban districts."But if they're not out there, what are we going to do?"
  
  Agency officials say they have not decided on a course of action if districts fail to follow the law on teachers and paraprofessionals.
  
  Overall, the Education Department is taking a variety of steps to jumpstart the ESEA's implementation.For instance, Assistant Secretary Neuman said, the agency has been working hard to issue regulations, guidance, and related materials as quickly as possible.

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