Bill Text: MO HB616 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the State Board of Education from adopting and implementing the standards for public schools developed by the Common Core Standards Initiative

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-18 - Rules - Reported Do Pass (H) [HB616 Detail]

Download: Missouri-2013-HB616-Introduced.html

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FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 616

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES BAHR (Sponsor), JONES (110), KOENIG, FUNDERBURK, SPENCER, LANT, SCHARNHORST, CURTMAN, BRATTIN, PARKINSON, FRAKER, MARSHALL, CRAWFORD, FITZWATER, JONES (50) AND DIEHL (Co-sponsors).

0394L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 161, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the Common Core Standards Initiative.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 161, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 161.855, to read as follows:

            161.855. Notwithstanding any other law, the state board of education shall not adopt, and the department of elementary and secondary education shall not implement, the Common Core State Standards developed by the Common Core Standards Initiative. Any actions taken to adopt or implement the Common Core State Standards as of the effective date of this section are void. Common Core State Standards or any other statewide education standards shall not be adopted or implemented without the approval of the general assembly.

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