HB440 Alabama 2021 Session

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

This bill would terminate the use of the curriculum standards commonly known as the Common Core State Standards, the Alabama College- and Career-Ready Standards, and any variant of the Common Core State Standards.

This bill would require the State Board of Education to replace the Common Core State Standards for Math and English Language Arts with the courses of study for Math and English Language Arts in place immediately prior to implementation of the Common Core State Standards.

This bill would require the State Board of Education to update the pre-Common Core State Standards, to be known as the Alabama Course of Study Standards, to be used in all K-12 public schools starting with the 2022-2023 school year.

This bill would also prohibit the State Board of Education from adopting or implementing any other national standards from any source or requiring the use of any assessments aligned with national standards and would prohibit schools and school counselors from using programs that steer students toward a career track or use the American School Counselor Association Competencies and Indicators to construct or design guidance programs relating to students' social and emotional development.

Relating to public education; to terminate the use of the Common Core State Standards and the Alabama College and Career Ready Standards in K-12 public schools; to require the State Board of Education to replace the Common Core State Standards for Math and English Language Arts with the courses of study for Math and English Language Arts in place immediately prior to implementation of the Common Core State Standards and update these standards in public schools for the 2022-2023 school year; to prohibit the State Board of Education from adopting or implementing any other national standards from any source or requiring the use of any assessments aligned with national standards; and to prohibit schools and school counselors from using programs that steer students toward a career track or to use certain standards to construct guidance programs relating to students' social and emotional development.