Senate Common Core Resolution Under Development

The Senate Republican Caucus announced Thursday that they are in the early stages of developing their own resolution in response to the measure passed last week by the House of Representatives to fund the implementation of the Common Core State Standards. Senate Appropriations K-12, School Aid, and Education Subcommittee Chair Senator Howard Walker (R-Traverse City) is developing the draft, intended to address some of the caucus’s concerns on issues such as local control.

Questions also remain with regard to the assessment tools for the standards, the “Smarter Balanced Assessment, which was not passed by the Legislature. The Board of Education is instead required to report back to the Legislature with assessment options by December 31^st.

House Concurrent Resolution 11, sponsored by Representative Tim Kelly (R-Saginaw), was referred by the Senate to the Government Operations Committee.

45 other states have adopted the Common Core standards, which the Michigan Legislature blocked effective October 1 during the budget process, pending legislative action.

posted by PAA Online , Friday, October 4, 2013 11:48 AM
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