Strongly supporting the restoration and protection of State authority and flexibility in establishing and defining challenging student academic standards and assessments, and strongly denouncing the President’s coercion of States into adopting the Common Core State Standards by conferring preferences in Federal grants and flexibility waivers.

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RESOLUTION

That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that—

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States and local educational agencies should maintain the right and responsibility of determining educational curricula, programs of instruction, and assessments for elementary and secondary education;

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the Federal Government should not incentivize the adoption of common education standards or the creation of a national assessment to align with such standards; and

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no application process for any Federal grant funds, or for waivers issued by the Secretary under the authority of section 9401 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7861), that occurs after the date of adoption of this resolution should award any additional points, or provide any preference, for the adoption of the Common Core State Standards or any other national common education standards.

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Feb 11, 2014viewing Introduced in House Mr. Duncan of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Harris, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Hultgren, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Massie, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Terry, Mr. Amash, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Jones, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Lance, Mr. Bentivolio, Mr. Cook, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Daines, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Yoho, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Flores, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Rooney, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Gosar, and Mr. Benishek) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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