Missouri Legislature Passes Bill to Withdraw From Common Core

11 May, 2014 by Ashley Herzog

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Another one bites the dust! Missouri is the latest state to back out of Common Core.

The legislation to dump Common Core just requires one final committee approval before it’s sent to the governor.

House Bill 1490 (HB1490) passed through the state senate on May 1 by a 24-8 margin. It had previously passed the house by a 132-19 vote. Since the Senate version differed from the House version, the House had an opportunity to accept the amendments offered by the Senate, but refused.: That sends the bill to a joint conference committee, with members of both chambers, to work out the differences in the bill and finalized the version going to the governor.

The amendments do not stop the bill from taking important steps to re-establish local control of education and end involvement with Common Core in the state. HB1490 states that “[each] local school board shall be responsible for the approval and adoption of curriculum used by the school district.” It also would sanction “work groups composed of education professionals to develop and recommend academic performance standards” which would ultimately be used to replace Common Core by the 2016-2017 school year.

It looks like we’re taking back community control of our schools, one state at a time.

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