A National School Board? End the DOE Instead!
They’re creating a national school board. But is this legal under the Constitution? We think not.
S.1094, the “Strengthening America’s Schools Act of 2013,” is a 1200 page regulatory tsunami on local school systems.
All local control of your child’s education will be lost if this bill passes.
S.1094 puts approximately 150 new reporting requirements on states relating to:
> Teacher evaluations
> Learning goals
> Curriculum standards
> Standardized testing
> Annual reporting
S.1094 also continues the war on local schools through FORCED implementation of Common Core Standards.
A longstanding line of defense used by Common Core advocates is that it is voluntary for the states to participate.
With the passage of S.1094, participation and implementation of Common Core Standards will be required of states.
This bill puts every single major decision on American education policy in the hands of Washington DC bureaucrats in the U.S. Department of Education.
What’s worse is that local school systems are required to implement all of these new federal mandates and standards in a very short time frame.
This means that teachers and local school administrators will be spending more time trying to comply with silly federal mandates and less time on actually teaching your child.
The Education Freedom Committee opposes S.1094 because we fundamentally reject the idea that the federal government should have any role in the education of our children.
If this bill passes, parents, teachers, and students will be sent to the sidelines.
The bill has already been rubber stamped in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and could be voted on in the U.S. Senate at any time.
Please call your Senator right now and tell them to vote NO on S.1094.
Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask to be directly connected with your state’s U.S. Senators and tell them it’s illegal and unconstitutional for the federal government to interfere in local educational matters, period!