AL SJR49

State Board of Education adopted Common Core State Standards Initiative on November 18, 2010, which is owned and coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers.

Legislature expresses concern that the U.S. Department of Education is funding development of national curriculum guidelines, materials, and assessments based on Common Core standards, creating a de facto national curriculum and testing system.

Legislature finds that the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver plan leverages states into a long-term national system of curriculum and instruction that binds them indefinitely to Common Core standards and PARCC-SBAC assessments, despite lacking legal authority under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).

Resolution encourages the State Board of Education to take all appropriate steps, including revocation of Common Core adoption if necessary, to retain complete control over Alabama's academic standards, curriculum, instruction, and testing system.