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S 73 114th Congress Senate

Local Control of Education Act

Official title: A bill to prohibit the Federal Government from mandating, incentivizing, or coercing States to adopt the Common Core State Standards or any other specific acad… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to prohibit the Federal Government from mandating, incentivizing, or coercing States to adopt the Common Core State Standards or any other specific academic standards, instructional content, curricula, assessments, or programs of instruction.

Introduced: January 7, 2015 See on congress.gov
Education Academic performance and assessmentsEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationIntergovernmental relations
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It never became law before the 114th Congress (2015–2016) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan 7, 2015
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 524 Identical bill Local Control of Education Act
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

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Cruz, Ted
Texas · Jan 26, 2015
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Daines, Steve
Montana · Jan 26, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 73: Local Control of Education Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-73/
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