US Congress House Bill 4008 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 18-0)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-06 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Pending: House Education And The Workforce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Educational Freedom Act of 2014 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit any federal officer or employee from directly or indirectly mandating, directing, incentivizing, or controlling, through grants, contracts, or other cooperative agreements, a state's, local educational agency's (LEA's), or school's specific instructional content, academic standards and assessments, curriculum, or program of instruction. Prohibits any provision of the ESEA from being construed to authorize such an officer or employee to do so. Prohibits any federal officer or employee from directly or indirectly conditioning, through grants, contracts, or other cooperative agreements, the availability of financial support on a state's, LEA's, or school's adoption of any specific instructional content, academic standards and assessments, curriculum, or program of instruction, even if such conditions are specified under any other Act. Prohibits any provision of the ESEA from being construed to authorize such an officer or employee to do so. Includes, within these prohibitions, requirements and incentives to adopt the Common Core State Standards or any other academic standards common to a significant number of states.

Educational Freedom Act of 2014

Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA]	Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN]	Rep. Kerry Bentivolio [R-MI]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]
Rep. Jim Bridenstine [R-OK]	Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]
Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R-KS]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]
Rep. Steve Stockman [R-TX]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-06	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

SB1974 (Related) 2014-01-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4008/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4008/BILLS-113hr4008ih.pdf