One Size Does Not Fit All in Education Act - Prohibits the Department of Education from using funds to: (1) develop, implement, or evaluate any set of multistate academic content standards or any assessments aligned with such standards; or (2) award any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement that requires or authorizes those activities.
Prohibits the Secretary of Education from requiring states to adopt such standards or assessments as: (1) an eligibility requirement in an application for federal funds, or (2) a condition for receiving a waiver of statutory or regulatory requirements under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3339 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3339
To prohibit the use of funds by the Department of Education relating to
multistate academic content standards.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 24, 2013
Mr. Kingston introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
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A BILL
To prohibit the use of funds by the Department of Education relating to
multistate academic content standards.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``One Size Does Not Fit All in
Education Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.
(a) In General.--No funds appropriated or otherwise available to
the Department of Education may be used to--
(1) develop, implement, or evaluate any set of multistate
academic content standards or any assessments aligned with such
standards; or
(2) award any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement
that requires or authorizes the development, implementation, or
evaluation of multistate academic content standards or
assessments aligned with such standards.
(b) Applications.--The Secretary of Education may not require a
State to adopt multistate academic content standards or assessments
aligned with such standards as an eligibility requirement in an
application for Federal funds.
(c) Waiver.--Section 9401 of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act (20 U.S.C. 7861) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(h) Multistate Standards.--The Secretary may not require a State
to adopt multistate academic content standards or assessments aligned
with such standards as a condition for receiving a waiver under this
section.''.
(d) Multistate Academic Content Standard Defined.--In this Act, the
term ``multistate academic content standard''--
(1) means an academic content standard adopted by more than
one State; and
(2) includes the Common Core State Standards developed by
the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
and the Council of Chief State School Officers.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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