SB60 Alabama 2016 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Rusty Glover

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2016

Title

Common Core Curriculum Standards, terminated, prior courses of study to be implemented

Summary

SB60 would end Alabama's use of Common Core and replace it with pre-Common Core math and English standards, while restoring state control and outlining a transition to new Alabama Ahead Standards.

What This Bill Does

It stops the adoption and use of Common Core Standards in K-12. It directs the State Board of Education to replace Common Core Math and ELA with the pre-Common Core courses of study. It creates a Transition Standards period for 2016-2017 and then moves to Alabama Ahead Standards starting in 2017-2018, all while blocking adoption of any other national standards or aligned assessments and terminating related federal waivers.

Who It Affects

• Alabama public school students and teachers, who would follow the Transition Standards in 2016-2017 and the Alabama Ahead Standards from 2017-2018 onward instead of ACCRS.
• State and local education authorities (State Board of Education, State Superintendent, and local school districts) and Alabama parents/citizens, who would implement, oversee, and potentially enforce the transitions and new standards, and would lose outside-national-standards influence.
• Note: The bill also grants standing to any Alabama citizen to sue to enforce the act.

Key Provisions

• Terminate the adoption and implementation of Common Core Standards (ACCRS) in K-12 public schools.
• Replace the Common Core Math and ELA standards with the pre-Common Core courses of study for Math and ELA.
• Create Transition Standards based on pre-Common Core standards for Math (through May 2011) and ELA (through May 2012), to be used in the 2016-2017 school year.
• Begin implementing Alabama Ahead Standards for Math and ELA starting in the 2017-2018 school year, based on the pre-Common Core standards.
• Prohibit adoption or implementation of any other national standards or assessments that would cede control to external entities (e.g., Next Generation Science Standards, History Standards, etc.).
• Terminate the federal flexibility waiver related to the Common Core with the U.S. Department of Education.
• Retain sole state control over development, establishment, and revision of K-12 standards; prohibit joining consortia that would cede control.
• Provide standing for Alabama citizens to sue to enforce the act.
• Take effect immediately upon passage and approval.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 24, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Public Education