HB625 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Tommy Hanes

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Common Core Standards, application to state K-12 education prohibited, transition standards to be implemented pending adoption of replacement curriculum standards by State Board of Education, const. amend.

Description

Under existing law, the State Board of Education is required to establish curriculum standards for all K-12 public schools.

This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to prohibit the application of the curriculum standards known as the Common Core Standards, also known as the Alabama College and Career Ready Standards, to K-12 education in the state, to provide for the use of certain transition curriculum standards upon ratification of the amendment, and to require the State Board of Education to adopt replacement curriculum standards for implementation during the 2022-2023 school year.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments