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HR 755 114th Congress House

Defending State Authority Over Education Act of 2015

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

Introduced: February 5, 2015 See on congress.gov
Education Academic performance and assessmentsAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesDepartment of Education
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Apr 29, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Feb 5, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Feb 5, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 29, 2015

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Defending State Authority Over Education Act of 2015

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit the Secretary of Education from attempting to influence, incentivize, or coerce a state to participate in a voluntary partnership with another state to develop and implement academic content and achievement standards and assessments.

Prohibits the Secretary from conditioning the approval of a state's, local educational agency's (LEA's), or Indian tribe's request for a waiver of ESEA statutory or regulatory requirements on such an entity: (1) including in, or deleting from, such request, specific academic standards; (2) using specific academic assessment instruments or items; or (3) including in, or deleting from, such waiver request any criteria used to establish, implement, or improve state academic standards, academic assessments, state accountability systems, or teacher and school leader evaluation systems.

Prohibits any federal officer or employee from directly or indirectly mandating, directing, or controlling a state's, LEA's, or school's specific instructional content, academic standards and assessments, curricula, or program of instruction, including through the placement of conditions on financial support.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 755: Defending State Authority Over Education Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-755/
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