A campaign encouraging parents to "opt out" of the tests is being run by the Upstart Scotland group, which ultimately would like to see children begin their formal education at a later age.
Mr. Perry is also poised to make inroads among donors who had hoped to back either Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi or Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana before each man opted out of running.
Ms. Calderón, 61, has dismissed the talk that she opted out of running again because she was frustrated by her lack of progress and did not want to face Mr. Rosselló.
The six Medicare call centers run by Vangent, a company based in Arlington County, will answer questions about the health-care law from the 34 states that opted out of running their own online health insurance marketplaces or decided to operate them jointly with the federal government.
Two Democratic senators opposed to legalizing marijuana at the federal level — Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, who entered the race last month, and Sherrod Brown of Ohio, who opted out of running this month — represent battleground states in the Midwest, whose politics are less progressive than the coastal states that led the way to legalizing cannabis for adults.
Mira raises the feeling of insecurity when being filmed by her peers as an argument for opting out of running, while Alfons notes that their actions of sitting down are also a product of how they would usually act in the hallway during recess.
On December 23, 2010, Dunderdale garnered support from two other cabinet ministers when Finance Minister Tom Marshall and Municipal Affairs Minister Kevin O'Brien opted out of running for the leadership and threw their support behind her entering the race.
Should Vice President Dick Cheney, for health or other reasons, opt out of a run for the second term, Mr. McCain's presence on the ticket would bolster the image of the president, which Mr. Bush sorely needs.
This week Michael Gove, shadow schools secretary, set out plans to expand the Swedish school model to allow any school to opt out of state control and be run independently by sponsors including parent groups, charities and companies.
One quarter of older and disabled people now opt out of the traditional, government-run Medicare program in favor of private plans that often have lower premiums and extra benefits, such as coverage of hearing aids.
