HR 524 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Local Control of Education Act

Introduced Jan 26, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Joe Wilson R-SC

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Apr 29, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJan 26, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Local Control of Education Act

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit the federal government from directly or indirectly mandating, directing, controlling, incentivizing, or conditioning federal support on a state's, local educational agency's (LEA's), or school's adoption of:

  • the Common Core State Standards, any other academic standards common to a number of states, or any statewide or nationally recognized content standards; or
  • any assessment, instructional content, or curriculum aligned to, or based on, specific academic standards.

Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to make those prohibitions applicable to grants awarded under the Race to the Top program for innovations and reforms in elementary and secondary education.

Prohibits the Secretary of Education from conditioning the provision of a statutory or regulatory waiver under the ESEA on a state, LEA, Indian tribe, or school adopting any specific instructional content, academic standard, assessment, curriculum, or program of instruction. Makes that prohibition applicable to future and previously issued waivers.

Cosponsors 53

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 26, 2015 to Jan 12, 2016; 36 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MSAlan NunneleeOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-GABarry LoudermilkOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-TXBill FloresOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-OHBob GibbsOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-ARBruce WestermanOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-FLCurt ClawsonOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-NCDavid RouzerOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-CADoug LaMalfaOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-NHFrank C. GuintaOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-WIGlenn GrothmanOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-MIJohn R. MoolenaarOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-TXKenny MarchantOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-NYLee M. ZeldinOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-AZMatt SalmonOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-UTMia B. LoveOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-TXMichael C. BurgessOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-SCMick MulvaneyOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-PAMike KellyOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-KSMike PompeoOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-ALMo BrooksOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-CAPaul CookOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-WIReid J. RibbleOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-NCRichard HudsonOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-NCRobert PittengerOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-FLRon DeSantisOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-MTRyan K. ZinkeOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-TNStephen Lee FincherOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-NMStevan PearceOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-IASteve KingOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-MSSteven M. PalazzoOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-FLThomas J. RooneyOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-MITim WalbergOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-SCTom RiceOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-SCTrey GowdyOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-NCWalter B. JonesOriginalJan 26, 2015
R-SCJeff DuncanJan 30, 2015
R-FLTed S. YohoJan 30, 2015
R-NYTom ReedJan 30, 2015
R-MOBlaine LuetkemeyerFeb 9, 2015
R-VAJ. Randy ForbesFeb 9, 2015
R-TXPete OlsonFeb 9, 2015
R-ARSteve WomackFeb 9, 2015
R-OHBill JohnsonFeb 12, 2015
R-MEBruce PoliquinFeb 12, 2015
R-VARobert J. WittmanFeb 12, 2015
R-KSTim HuelskampFeb 12, 2015
R-FLBill PoseyMar 17, 2015
R-AREric A. "Rick" CrawfordMar 17, 2015
R-MIBill HuizengaMar 24, 2015
R-PAKeith J. RothfusApr 22, 2015
R-FLDennis A. RossNov 30, 2015
R-MOVicky HartzlerJan 12, 2016

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jan 26, 2015
Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee
Referred Apr 29, 2015

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 29, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
  2. Jan 28, 2015Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H643)
  3. Jan 26, 2015Introduced in House
  4. Jan 26, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H643Joe Wilson R-SCJan 28, 2015

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 12, January 26, 2015, page H582.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 73Local Control of Education ActIdentical billJan 7, 2015

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To prohibit the Federal Government from mandating, incentivizing, or coercing States to adopt the Common Core State Standards or any other specific academic standards, instructional content, curricula, assessments, or programs of instruction.
Short Titles as Introduced
Local Control of Education Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 26, 2015Introduced in House

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