eliminate the train wreck of Common Core
Eliminate Common Core.
Occurrences
Evidence
"As a former member of the Education and the Workforce Committee, I support legislation to put restraints on the Washington bureaucrats, rein in the Department of Education, support school choice, eliminate the train wreck of Common Core, and put the keys to our children’s education and future back in local control."
Carter said the Every Student Succeeds Act would "prevent one-size-fits-all standards like Common Core" and "prohibit the Obama Administration’s federally prescribed education standards and end Washington’s intrusion into our nation’s classrooms."
The enacted law says the Secretary shall not attempt to influence, incentivize, or coerce State adoption of the Common Core State Standards and that a State shall not be required to submit its standards for review or approval.
The House passed H.R. 5, the Student Success Act, and the roll call shows Carter (GA) voting Aye.
ESSA was signed by President Obama on December 10, 2015 and shifted decision-making authority to the states.
Assessments
Carter materially supported and voted for federal legislation, including ESSA-related measures, that restricted federal coercion or incentivizing of state adoption of Common Core and shifted standards authority toward states. However, the promise was to eliminate Common Core, and the enacted federal outcome did not abolish Common Core nationwide or require states to drop it. Because he achieved a meaningful anti-Common Core federal policy change but not the full promised outcome, this is partial delivery in the same term.