A resolution strongly supporting the restoration and protection of State authority and flexibility in establishing and defining challenging student academic standards and assessments, and strongly denouncing the President's coercion of States into adopting the Common Core State Standards by conferring preferences in Federal grants and flexibility waivers.

Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S823-824)

S.Res.345 through Congress

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Related House measure: H.Res.476 Strongly supporting the restoration and protection of State authority and flexibility in establishing and defining challenging student academic standards and assessments, and strongly denouncing the President's coercion of States into adopting the Common Core State Standards by conferring preferences in Federal grants and flexibility waivers.

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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Feb 6, 2014

Expresses the sense of the Senate that:

states and local educational agencies should maintain the right and responsibility of determining educational curricula, programs of instruction, and assessments for elementary and secondary education;

the federal government should not incentivize the adoption of common education standards or the creation of a national assessment to align with such standards; and

no application process for any federal grant funds or waivers issued by the Secretary of Education under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 should award any additional points, or provide any preference, for the adoption of the Common Core State Standards or any other national common education standards.

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Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] · R–SC

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Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

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Feb 6, 2014
Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S823-824)
Feb 6, 2014
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HRES 476 · Strongly supporting the restoration and protection of State authority and flexibility in establishing and defining challenging student academic standards and assessments, and strongly denouncing the President's coercion of States into adopting the Common Core State Standards by conferring preferences in Federal grants and flexibility waivers.

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Discuss S.Res.345, 113th Congress: A resolution strongly supporting the restoration and protection of State authority and flexibility in establishing and defining challenging student academic standards and assessments, and strongly denouncing the President's coercion of States into adopting the Common Core State Standards by conferring preferences in Federal grants and flexibility waivers.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-resolution/345

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2014-02-06.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/sres345/BILLS-113sres345is.htm

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Analyze S.Res.345 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.

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Discuss S.Res.345, 113th Congress: A resolution strongly supporting the restoration and protection of State authority and flexibility in establishing and defining challenging student academic standards and assessments, and strongly denouncing the President's coercion of States into adopting the Common Core State Standards by conferring preferences in Federal grants and flexibility waivers.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-resolution/345

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2014-02-06.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/sres345/BILLS-113sres345is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-12-03T18:44:34Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

Examine S.Res.345 through a progressive lens, focusing on fairness, access, economic inequality, and effects on vulnerable communities. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and distinguish stated goals from demonstrated outcomes.

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Discuss S.Res.345, 113th Congress: A resolution strongly supporting the restoration and protection of State authority and flexibility in establishing and defining challenging student academic standards and assessments, and strongly denouncing the President's coercion of States into adopting the Common Core State Standards by conferring preferences in Federal grants and flexibility waivers.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-resolution/345

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2014-02-06.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/sres345/BILLS-113sres345is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-12-03T18:44:34Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

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Discuss S.Res.345, 113th Congress: A resolution strongly supporting the restoration and protection of State authority and flexibility in establishing and defining challenging student academic standards and assessments, and strongly denouncing the President's coercion of States into adopting the Common Core State Standards by conferring preferences in Federal grants and flexibility waivers.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-resolution/345

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2014-02-06.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/sres345/BILLS-113sres345is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-12-03T18:44:34Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

Examine S.Res.345 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.