Pennsylvanians Against Common Core is committed to providing improved communication with members and regular updates concerning the fight against this one-size-fits-all national education standard. Leadership of PACC has been busy behind the scenes orchestrating opposition and working in Harrisburg to lobby legislators and make them aware of the negative consequences of Common Core to great effect. We continue to rely on the power of the grass roots opposition (you) that we have seen can mobilize when necessary to significantly impact legislators.
As reported last week, due to input from citizens across the Commonwealth, there has been significant movement in Harrisburg towards stopping Common Core. We strongly recommend that you click here to view the press conference on June 28th held by four education Patriots; Representatives Bloom, Tallman, Kauffman and Lawrence. These guys really "get it" and we should back them and all other opponents of Common Core.
The following bills have been introduced:
HB 1551 - Legislation to repeal the State Board of Education Pennsylvania Common Core Standards.
HB 1552 - Exempting private, religious and home-schools from Common Core Standards
HB 1553 - National Standardized Assessments and Surveys
HB 1554 – Prohibition of individual student data transfer to the Federal Government
HB 1555 – Advisory Committee to conduct a study of Common Core Standards prior to any implementation
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