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HR 4008 113th Congress House

Educational Freedom Act of 2014

Official title: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prohibit Federal mandates, direction, or control of specific instructional content, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 14, 2014 See on congress.gov
Education Academic performance and assessmentsEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationIntergovernmental relations
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Feb 6, 2014
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 Latest action February 6, 2014

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 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.

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 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Republican 3
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DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Jun 17, 2014
Bachmann, Michele
· May 8, 2014
PETRI, TOM
· Apr 10, 2014
Franks, Trent
· Mar 26, 2014
Bridenstine, Jim
· Mar 11, 2014
Bishop, Rob
· Feb 27, 2014
Broun, Paul
· Feb 27, 2014
Olson, Pete
· Feb 27, 2014
 R
Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Feb 21, 2014
Gohmert, Louie
· Feb 18, 2014
JONES, WALTER
· Feb 14, 2014
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Feb 11, 2014
Yoho, Ted
· Feb 11, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4008: Educational Freedom Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4008/
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"H.R. 4008: Educational Freedom Act of 2014." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4008/.
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H.R. 4008, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4008/.
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