Law360, New York ( March 1, 2015, 12:57 PM EST) -- House Republicans postponed a Friday vote on an education reform bill for federal elementary and secondary education programs, turning instead to resume debate over the U.S. Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill. The chamber had worked through more than 40 amendments to H.R. 5, the Student Success Act, on Thursday of last week, but House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline, R-Minn., and Republican leadership still seem to be working to garner the necessary votes for final passage in the face of what is likely to be close-to-unanimous Democratic opposition and opposition from conservatives who believe the bill does not go far enough to curb the federal role in education. The authorization bill, an update to the No Child Left Behind Act, is considered highly partisan, due to its rollback of federal control over education programs and concerns that leaving more decision-making authority in the hands of each state will undermine the goals of these federal education programs. Further, the bill establishes block grants from federal funds for education programs to give states greater flexibility in the use of the funds. It remains unclear when House leadership will schedule a vote on final passage....