HB 625

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

To propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to prohibit the application of 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, and to require the State Board of Education to adopt replacement curriculum standards for implementation during the 2022-2023 school year.

Section 1

The following amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, is proposed and shall become valid as a part thereof when approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon and in accordance with Sections 284, 285, and 287 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended: PROPOSED AMENDMENT No part of the curriculum standards known as the Alabama College and Career Ready Standards, also known as the Common Core Standards, shall apply to public K-12 education in the state. Upon ratification of this amendment, the board shall immediately implement curriculum standards for Math in place until May 2011, and for English Language Arts in place until May 2012, both of which were used in classrooms immediately before implementation of the Common Core Standards in this state. These transition standards shall remain in effect until new replacement curriculum standards are adopted. The State Board of Education shall adopt new replacement curriculum standards to be implemented commencing with the 2022-2023 school year.

Section 2

An election upon the proposed amendment shall be held in accordance with Sections 284 and 285 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Sections 284 and 285 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, and the election laws of this state.

Section 3

The appropriate election official shall assign a ballot number for the proposed constitutional amendment on the election ballot and shall set forth the following description of the substance or subject matter of the proposed constitutional amendment:

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to prohibit the application of Common Core curriculum standards to K-12 education in the state, to provide for the use of transition curriculum standards immediately upon ratification of this amendment, and to require the implementation of new replacement curriculum standards to be adopted by the State Board of Education commencing with the 2022-2023 school year.

Proposed by Act ________." This description shall be followed by the following language:

Yes ( ) No ( )."