School administrators and school boards calling for a hold on sanctions

This just came through from Boston today:
The American Association of School Administrators and the National School Boards Associations have opened a petition calling for a pause in sanctions under NCLB. As Congress is widely viewed as getting nowhere on rewriting the law, this would put things on hold pending ESEA reauthorization:

Specifically, the two groups would like the law's timetable of sanctions essentially to be put on pause for a year. That would mean schools that have already failed to make progress towards the goal of having all students meet proficiency targets by 2013 wouldn't be subject to further interventions and no new schools would be labeled as "in need of improvement."
It's important to note that the groups want straight-up regulatory relief, meaning a change to the way the law is implemented. They don't want just individual waivers granted by the administration for specific states and districts. Waivers often come with "additional requirements or conditions," the groups say.

 Coming soon to an agenda near you!
And the Secretary...not exactly responds...