US Congress House Bill 2089 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: Introduced on May 22 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-07-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Defending State Authority Over Education Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit the Secretary of Education from attempting to influence, incentivize, or coerce a state to participate in a voluntary partnership with another state to develop and implement academic content and achievement standards and assessments. Prohibits the Secretary from conditioning the approval of a state's, local educational agency's (LEA's), or Indian tribe's request for a waiver of ESEA statutory or regulatory requirements on such an entity: (1) including in, or deleting from, such request, specific academic standards; (2) using specific academic assessment instruments or items; or (3) including in, or deleting from, such waiver request any criteria used to establish, implement, or improve state academic standards, academic assessments, state accountability systems, or teacher and school leader evaluation systems. Prohibits any federal officer or employee from directly or indirectly mandating, directing, or controlling a state's, LEA's, or school's specific instructional content, academic standards and assessments, curricula, or program of instruction, including through the placement of conditions on financial support.

Defending State Authority Over Education Act of 2013

Rep. Martha Roby [R-AL]	Rep. Kerry Bentivolio [R-MI]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Stephen Fincher [R-TN]
Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Trey Radel [R-FL]	Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]
Rep. Matt Salmon [R-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-07-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2013-05-22	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2089/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2089/BILLS-113hr2089ih.pdf