"It's an anachronism, and a throwback to the Soviet era which would set the clock back decades," he said.
If the 1998 act is repealed it would set the clock back decades and it will be the vulnerable who will lose their voice.
James Kvaal, the policy director of the Obama campaign, accused Mr. Romney of seeking to "stop the clock on decades of reform by no longer insisting action be taken when a school has been struggling for years".
In a statement, Representative George Miller of California, and the ranking Democrat on the House Education Committee, said that Mr. Kline's bill "turns the clock back decades on student achievement, equity and accountability in American public education.
James Kvaal, policy director for Mr. Obama's campaign, accused Mr. Romney of wanting "to stop the clock on decades of reform by no longer insisting action be taken" to reform struggling schools.
Tom Glick turned back the clock several decades last week by becoming the first foreign member to attend a Football Association's council meeting since the days when representatives of Commonwealth countries had places on that august body.
To rediscover the advantages of refillable glass bottles or stainless steel canisters without wasting a lot of energy to transport them for reuse, we should roll back the clock several decades to a time when milk, soda, seltzer and beer were delivered energy-efficiently, because returnable bottlers were located near the markets they served.
Teachers warned that pole dancing clubs and beauty pageants are turning back the clock on decades of campaigning for sexual equality.
Since Republican Governor Pat McCrory assumed office in Januray 2013, he has managed, with the help of a Republican-led legislature, to turn the clock back decades.
"I am disappointed that Chairman Kline decided to move forward with last year's rendition of legislation that turns the clock back decades on student achievement, equity and accountability in American public education," he said in a statement.
