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MS SB2690

Bill

Status

Failed

2/3/2015

Primary Sponsor

Angela Burks Hill

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Origin

Senate

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Voids all Mississippi State Board of Education actions to adopt or implement Common Core State Standards and requires removal of Common Core copyright and references from Mississippi College and Career Ready Standards

  • Mandates immediate withdrawal from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (P.A.R.C.C.) consortium, with all statewide K-12 tests to be solely owned and controlled by the state

  • Prohibits adoption of any curriculum standards developed outside Mississippi (including Next Generation Science Standards, National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies, AP U.S. History, etc.) without public hearings in each congressional district, a one-year comment period, and legislative approval

  • Establishes a Governor-appointed Curriculum Content Standards Advisory Council with subcommittees for mathematics, history/social studies, science, and English Language Arts to review and revise standards based on pre-Common Core standards from states like California, Massachusetts, Indiana, and Texas

  • Restricts sharing of personally identifiable student and teacher information with entities outside Mississippi and prohibits using federal funds to track students beyond K-12 education or for compiling non-academic personal information

Legislative Description

Common Core National Education Standards and P.A.R.C.C.; prohibit State Board of Education from implementing.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/3/2015

Committee Referrals

Education1/19/2015

Full Bill Text

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