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Local Control of Education Act

Introduced: January 7, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan 7, 2015
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 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 January 7, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2