Florida senator files anti-Common Core Bill SB1316 identical to HB 25, Take action sites now open.
Now is the time to Stop common core in Florida. Even if you already called and written or tried to visit your representative keep it up. Now we have a good chance of saving our kids from common core at least for this year. With the same bill in both houses there a chance that Republicans can get on the winning side of this issue.
The great news is that there is a great action site called the stopcommoncoreFlorida which I found via the Flstopcommoncorecoalition, where you can contact your representatives and get information, I also found two other sites both from the Liberty Action Center to contact your commissioners and Tenth Amendment Center to contact your US representative about a bill to forbid the USDOE from forcing common core on the states. Education Committee member numbers are on this Flcommoncore.net site
You may know this already but Yesterday "Greg Evers, R-Pensacola, filed a bill (SB 1316) that's identical to a measure proposed by Rep. Debbie Mayfield in the House."
Florida senator files anti-Common Core bill
by Jeffrey S. SolochekJeffrey S. Solochek, Times Staff Writer,
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 2:35pm
A week after the Florida Board of Education affirmed the state's commitment to the Common Core State Standards, a state senator has submitted legislation aiming to stop the standards from taking effect.
Sen. Greg Evers, R-Pensacola, filed a bill (SB 1316) that's identical to a measure proposed by Rep. Debbie Mayfield in the House. Mayfield's HB 25 has picked up four of the House's most conservative members as co-sponsors, but has not made any headway during committee weeks despite being assigned to three committees.
Senate leaders have shown even less interest in stopping the Common Core -- now referred to as the Florida Standards after a handful of small changes -- than their counterparts in the House. Senate President Don Gaetz has made clear he doesn't see the standards as a federal conspiracy, and he's had his education chairman make clear that the Senate wants to hear of specific concerns, not overarching accusations or complaints.
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Solochek, Jeffrey S., February 26, 2014 Florida senator files anti-Common Core bill, Tampa Bay Times
See also this article about the bill
Anti-Common Core Bill Now Has Sponsor in Florida Senate
Posted on February 26, 2014Northwest Florida Sen. Greg Evers (R-Milton) filed a senate version today of Rep. Debbie Mayfield (R-Vero Beach) bill which prohibits the state BOE from implement Common Core Standards. From Jeff Solochek in Gradebook:
