Kansas Senator Pat Roberts Introduces Bill to Block Federal Intrusion on State Education Decisions

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today introduced a bill to preserve state education autonomy by prohibiting the federal government from coercing states to adopt education standards like Common Core. (Audio and video from Senator Roberts HERE)

“Setting high standards for our schools, our teachers and our children is the right thing to do, but those standards should be decided in Kansas, without bribes or mandates from Washington,” Senator Roberts said. “We need to get the federal government out of the classroom, and return community decisions back to where they belong – in the community.”

Kansans Against Common Core leaders Kristin George and Megan King applauded the legislation saying, “We support efforts to stop Common Core, and reclaim local control of education in Kansas.  We appreciate Senator Roberts introducing legislation to limit the federal overreach in education, and we urge Kansas legislators to follow his example in restoring local control.”