HB387 Alabama 2022 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Bob Fincher Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Common Core Curriculum Standards, terminated

Description

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 2023-2024 school year.

This bill would also prohibit the State Board of Education from adopting or implementing any other national standards from any source.

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Subjects

Public Education