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Relating to the core curriculum and twenty-first century learning skills adopted or defined by the state board of education
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 19, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 21, 2019
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill modifies Code provisions relating to the core curriculum to eliminate language that requires school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to utilize statewide core curriculum standards adopted by the state board of education and instead authorizes the state board to establish a core curriculum that school districts and accredited nonpublic schools may voluntarily utilize. The bill prohibits the state board of education from adopting, and the department of education from authorizing or requiring, statewide core social studies standards for kindergarten through grade 12.
Read the full explanation
The core curriculum science standards shall be the kindergarten through grade science standards utilized by school districts in this state during the 2014-2015 school year. Further, the bill prohibits the state board from adopting any future revision to the core curriculum science standards unless specifically authorized by a constitutional majority of each house of the general assembly and approved by the governor. Language requiring school districts to develop an individualized career and academic plan to prepare a student for successful completion of the core curriculum is stricken, as is language requiring school districts to adopt plans to fully implement the core curriculum.
House subcommittee
Named February 21, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part