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Educational Freedom Act of 2014

Introduced: February 6, 2014 See on congress.gov
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Feb 6, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Feb 6, 2014
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Educational Freedom Act of 2014 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit any federal officer or employee from directly or indirectly mandating, directing, incentivizing, or controlling, through grants, contracts, or other cooperative agreements, a state's, local educational agency's (LEA's), or school's specific instructional content, academic standards and assessments, curriculum, or program of instruction.

Prohibits any provision of the ESEA from being construed to authorize such an officer or employee to do so.

Prohibits any federal officer or employee from directly or indirectly conditioning, through grants, contracts, or other cooperative agreements, the availability of financial support on a state's, LEA's, or school's adoption of any specific instructional content, academic standards and assessments, curriculum, or program of instruction, even if such conditions are specified under any other Act.

Prohibits any provision of the ESEA from being construed to authorize such an officer or employee to do so.

Includes, within these prohibitions, requirements and incentives to adopt the Common Core State Standards or any other academic standards common to a significant number of states.

What's happening now February 6, 2014

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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