Friday, February 15, 2013

Missouri Education Watchdog: Missouri Files Anti-Common Core House Bill

Missouri Education Watchdog: Missouri Files Anti-Common Core House Bill:


Missouri Files Anti-Common Core House Bill

FIRST REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 616
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY



INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES BAHR (Sponsor), JONES (110), KOENIG, FUNDERBURK, SPENCER, LANT, SCHARNHORST, CURTMAN, BRATTIN, PARKINSON, FRAKER, MARSHALL, CRAWFORD, FITZWATER, JONES (50) AND DIEHL (Co-sponsors).
0394L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk


AN ACT
To amend chapter 161, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the Common Core Standards Initiative.



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 161, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 161.855, to read as follows:
            161.855. Notwithstanding any other law, the state board of education shall not adopt, and the department of elementary and secondary education shall not implement, the Common Core State Standards developed by the Common Core Standards Initiative. Any actions taken to adopt or implement the Common Core State Standards as of the effective date of this section are void. Common Core State Standards or any other statewide education standards shall not be adopted or implemented without the approval of the general assembly.