The PA Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) voted 3-2 in favor
of the Chapter 4 regulations (adopting Pennsylvania Core Standards aka
Common Core) despite public outcry, letters from legislators and
comments from school administrators, teachers and staff.
The three yes votes were:
Silvan B. Lutkewitte, III, (R) Chairman
John F. Mizner, Esq. (R)
Lawrence J. Tabas, Esq. (R)
The two no votes were:
George D. Bedwick, Vice Chairman, (D)
Dennis A. Watson, Esq., (D)
You can read the final approval at: IRRC Final Approval.
It is more important than ever for you to continue this battle. We need to focus our efforts on the following tasks:
1. Local
Every supporter of local control needs to engage his/her school
board and lobby them to write and pass a resolution rescinding Common
Core. You can find an example of a resolution that was recently
approved by the Coatesville School Board here on the Stop Common Core in
Pa Website: Coatsville SD Resolution.
2. Education
Every opponent of Common Core should continue to educate other
citizens on what is happening through coffee klatches, school board
meetings, soccer games and kitchen tables.
3. Curriculum
We need to stay attentive to and stay on top of the curriculum and
lesson plans in our area schools. We need to red flag any lesson plan
that is questionable. Most importantly, we need to make sure our
children gets the extra support particularly in the math so this will
have a minimal effect on them. You can report any questionable
curriculum and lesson plans to the following Facebook page: Inappropriate Common Core Lessons.
This page is also a great resource in helping you discover where some
inappropriate lessons already exist. We encourage you to become members
of this page.
4. Legislators
We will be distributing a list of the legislators who opposed
Common Core and Chapter 4 regulations and actively fought alongside of
us. There will also be a list of legislators who actively supported it
despite hundreds, even thousands of pleas to oppose it. They ignored
you, the voter. Finally, there are the legislators who did nothing.
They did nothing despite your constant tireless pleas to help oppose
this monster. All of these legislators will be up for election,
including Governor Corbett who had and still has the power to stop
Common Core now.
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