U.S. House Committee Approves Anti-Common Core Reform

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Today Congressman Kevin Cramer said the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce has approved major education reform which reduces federal overreach and restores local control while empowering teachers and parents. The Student Success Act replaces the existing No Child Left Behind law, significantly updating and reauthorizing nation's K-12 education funding for the first time since 2001. The legislation is now ready to be considered by the full House of Representatives later this month.

"The Student Success Act, as marked up in committee, returns education decision making to where it belongs: in homes, school districts, and states," said Cramer. "An important part of this legislation prohibits the Secretary of Education from expanding federal control over education by coercing states into adopting Common Core standards."

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