HR 524 114th Congress House Education Academic performance and assessments Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Intergovernmental relations School administration State and local government operations Teaching, teachers, curricula

Local Control of Education Act

Introduced: January 26, 2015 Introduced by: Wilson, Joe Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov

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Apr 29, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Jan 28, 2015

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H643)

Jan 26, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Jan 26, 2015

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Local Control of Education Act

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit the federal government from directly or indirectly mandating, directing, controlling, incentivizing, or conditioning federal support on a state's, local educational agency's (LEA's), or school's adoption of:

the Common Core State Standards, any other academic standards common to a number of states, or any statewide or nationally recognized content standards; or
any assessment, instructional content, or curriculum aligned to, or based on, specific academic standards.

Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to make those prohibitions applicable to grants awarded under the Race to the Top program for innovations and reforms in elementary and secondary education.

Prohibits the Secretary of Education from conditioning the provision of a statutory or regulatory waiver under the ESEA on a state, LEA, Indian tribe, or school adopting any specific instructional content, academic standard, assessment, curriculum, or program of instruction. Makes that prohibition applicable to future and previously issued waivers.

What's happening now April 29, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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