Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB387 Compare Versions

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1	1	1 HB387
2	2	2 217503-1
3	3	3 By Representative Fincher
4	4	4 RFD: Education Policy
5	5	5 First Read: 22-FEB-22
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14	14	8 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the State Board of
15	15	9 Education is required to establish curriculum
16	16	10 standards for all K-12 public schools in Alabama.
17	17	11 This bill would terminate the use of the
18	18	12 curriculum standards commonly known as the Common
19	19	13 Core State Standards, the Alabama College and
20	20	14 Career Ready Standards, and any variant of the
21	21	15 Common Core State Standards.
22	22	16 This bill would require the State Board of
23	23	17 Education to replace the Common Core State
24	24	18 Standards for Math and English Language Arts with
25	25	19 the courses of study for Math and English Language
26	26	20 Arts in place immediately prior to implementation
27	27	21 of the Common Core State Standards.
28	28	22 This bill would require the State Board of
29	29	23 Education to update the pre-Common Core State
30	30	24 Standards, to be known as the Alabama Course of
31	31	25 Study Standards, to be used in all K-12 public
32	32	26 schools starting with the 2023-2024 school year.
33	33	Page 1 1 This bill would also prohibit the State
34	34	2 Board of Education from adopting or implementing
35	35	3 any other national standards from any source.
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37	37	5 A BILL
38	38	6 TO BE ENTITLED
39	39	7 AN ACT
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41	41	9 Relating to public education; to terminate the use
42	42	10 of the Common Core State Standards and the Alabama College and
43	43	11 Career Ready Standards in K-12 public schools; to require the
44	44	12 State Board of Education to replace the Common Core State
45	45	13 Standards for Math and English Language Arts with the courses
46	46	14 of study for Math and English Language Arts in place
47	47	15 immediately prior to implementation of the Common Core State
48	48	16 Standards and update these standards in public schools for the
49	49	17 2023-2024 school year; to prohibit the State Board of
50	50	18 Education from adopting or implementing any other national
51	51	19 standards from any source or requiring the use of any
52	52	20 assessments aligned with national standards.
53	53	21 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
54	54	22 Section 1. (a) The Legislature finds that the State
55	55	23 Board of Education, in the fall of 2013, voted to rescind the
56	56	24 Memorandum of Agreement that involved the State of Alabama in
57	57	25 adopting the Common Core State Standards, which ceded control
58	58	26 of Alabama's standards to entities other than the state and
59	59	27 local educational agencies, and declared that the collection
60	60	Page 2 1 of personal data concerning students of Alabama public schools
61	61	2 would not be collected or compiled.
62	62	3 (b) In order to codify the intent of the board, the
63	63	4 State of Alabama hereby terminates all plans, programs,
64	64	5 activities, efforts, and expenditures relative to the
65	65	6 implementation of the educational initiative commonly referred
66	66	7 to as the Common Core State Standards, or any derivative or
67	67	8 permutation thereof, including, but not limited to, the
68	68	9 Alabama College and Career Ready Standards that have been
69	69	10 implemented or may be implemented by the board, the Alabama
70	70	11 State Department of Education, or its employees, including any
71	71	12 assessments, data collection, and instructions based on or
72	72	13 involving any such standard or protocol.
73	73	14 (c) As part of the termination process, the
74	74	15 Legislature directs the State Superintendant of Education, the
75	75	16 State Board of Education, and any other public education
76	76	17 authority to terminate the flexibility waiver agreement with
77	77	18 the United States Department of Education pertaining to the
78	78	19 federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which includes
79	79	20 the adoption of the Common Core State Standards which were
80	80	21 incorporated into the Alabama College and Career Ready
81	81	22 Standards, and pertaining to other areas of federal control of
82	82	23 Alabama's educational process.
83	83	24 (d) As part of the transition process to updated
84	84	25 Alabama curriculum standards, the board shall immediately
85	85	26 begin to replace the current Common Core State Standards
86	86	27 included in the Alabama College and Career Ready Standards and
87	87	Page 3 1 the New Math Standards, known as the Alabama Courses of Study
88	88	2 in Math and English Language Arts, with the courses of study
89	89	3 for Math in place until May 2011, and for English Language
90	90	4 Arts in place until May 2012, both of which were used in
91	91	5 classrooms immediately prior to implementation of the Common
92	92	6 Core State Standards. These standards shall be known as the
93	93	7 Alabama Course of Study Standards and shall remain in effect
94	94	8 pending the adoption of new or updated standards by the board
95	95	9 pursuant to subsection (e).
96	96	10 (e) The Alabama Course of Study Standards or updated
97	97	11 standards for Math and English Language Arts shall be
98	98	12 implemented at the start of the 2023-2024 school year.
99	99	13 (f) The Legislature further prohibits the adoption
100	100	14 or implementation of any national standards or variations of
101	101	15 national standards from any source that cede control of
102	102	16 Alabama educational standards in any manner, including, but
103	103	17 not limited to, the Next Generation Science Standards, History
104	104	18 Standards, Social Studies Standards, or Sexuality Standards.
105	105	19 (g) The state shall retain sole control over the
106	106	20 development, establishment, and revision of K-12 course of
107	107	21 study standards.
108	108	22 (h) No education entity or any state official shall
109	109	23 join any consortium or any other organization when
110	110	24 participation in that consortium or organization would cede
111	111	25 any measure of control over any aspect of Alabama public
112	112	26 education to any such entity.
113	113	Page 4 1 (i) Any resident of the State of Alabama shall have
114	114	2 standing in the courts of Alabama to bring suit to ensure the
115	115	3 enforcement of this act.
116	116	4 Section 2. This act shall become effective
117	117	5 immediately following its passage and approval by the
118	118	6 Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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