,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhjc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ag1 #bjae ,mr4
 ,zeldin introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend the ,elementary and         
,secondary ,education ,act of #aife to  
ensure ,state control over academic     
standards1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,state control over standards ,subpart  
#b of part ,e of title ,,ix of the      
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #gija et   
seq47 is amended by adding at the end   
the following new section3  #iecg4      
,state control over standards  7a7 ,in  
general ,nothing in this ,act shall be  
construed to prohibit a ,state from     
withdrawing from the ,common ,core      
,state ,standards developed under the   
,common ,core ,state ,standards         
,initiative1 any other academic         
standards common to a significant number
 of ,states1 or assessments tied to such

 standards4  7b7 ,prohibition ,no       
officer or employee of the ,federal     
,government shall1 directly or          
indirectly1 through grants1 contracts or
 other cooperative agreements1 through  
waiver granted under section #idja or   
through any other authority1 take any   
action against a ,state that exercises  
its rights under subsection 7a74  4  #b4
 ,clerical amendment ,the table of      
contents of the ,elementary and         
,secondary ,education ,act of #aife is  
amended by inserting after the item     
relating to section #iecf the following3
  ,sec4 #iecg4 ,state control over      
standards4  4