OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Gov. Mary Fallin is deciding whether to sign or veto a bill passed by the Legislature on the final day of the 2014 session that would repeal a set of education standards in math and English known as Common Core.
Here are some highlights of the bill:
-Would repeal the Common Core standards and directs them to be replaced with standards in place prior to 2010.
-Would direct the State Board of Education to develop new standards that are considered college- and career-ready by August 2016 for English and math in conjunction with the State Regents for Higher Education, the State Board of Career and Technology Education, and the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
-Would direct the Board of Education to develop statewide tests for the new standards by the 2017-2018 school year.
-Would require all new standards and revisions to standards to be subject to legislative review.
-Would cost the state about $1.34 million to develop the new standards and tests.
-Could require Oklahoma schools to set aside about $27 million in federal funds if the old standards are not determined rigorous enough to qualify for a federal No Child Left Behind waiver.
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House Bill 3399: https://bit.ly/TCLYWG
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