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Michigan on the Verge of Repealing Common Core

May 25, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

The Michigan Legislature is on the verge of passing what is poised to be the strongest anti-Common Core bill to date, but progress seems to be stalled.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: 2016 Bills, American Principles Project, Common Core State Standards, Gary Glenn, HB 5444, Jane Robbins, Michigan, Michigan House, Michigan Senate, Pat Colebeck, SB 826

Michigan Takes Step to Repeal Common Core

April 27, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Michigan State Capitol in Winter 2005 Photo credit: Philip Hofmeister (CC-By-SA 3.0)

The Michigan Senate Education Committee voted to pass SB 826, a bill that would repeal Common Core and replace them with Massachusetts previous standards.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Michigan, Michigan Senate, Patrick Colbeck, Phil Pavlov, SB 826

Michigan Legislators Launch Bipartisan Effort to Repeal Common Core

February 25, 2016 By truthinamed

Michigan State Capitol in Winter 2005 Photo credit: Philip Hofmeister (CC-By-SA 3.0)

Rep. Gary Glenn, R-Midland, will be joined next week by a bipartisan group of lawmakers in introducing legislation to repeal Common Core in Michigan.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: 2016 Bills, Bruce Rendon, Common Core State Standards, Dan Lauwers, Gary Glenn, Harvey Santana, Jason Sheppard, Jim Runestad, Jim Tedder, Joel Johnson, Ken Goike, Lana Theis, Lee Chatfield, Martin Howrylak, Michigan, Michigan House, Michigan Senate, Pat Somerville, Patrick Colbeck, Peter Lucido, Phil Potvin, press releases, Robert Kosowski, Thomas Hooker, Triston Cole

Michigan Legislature Defunds Common Core, Fight is Just Beginning

June 4, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

The Michigan Senate today voted 24-14 to approve the Michigan Department of Education budget with State Representative Tom McMillin's amendment that prevents the department from spending money to implement the Common Core State Standards. Local school districts can still spend money from their budgets to implement it if they wish. McMillin said that the language […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Michigan House, Michigan Senate, Rick Snyder, Tom McMillin

The Michigan Senate Votes to Defund the Common Core (Updated: Jumped The Gun)

May 29, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Update: I was just told that today’s education omnibus budget did NOT contain language for defunding the Common Core that they will be voting on that next week.  Sorry for jumping the gun, I thought I had reliable information and didn’t realize there was more than one education spending bill. Also, I learned that Governor […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core funding, Common Core State Standards, Michigan House, Michigan Senate, Rick Snyder

Final Michigan House Budget Strips Common Core Funding

May 28, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

The conference committee dealing with the Michigan Department of Education funding released a conference report that left in language written by State Representative Tom McMillin (R-Rochester Hills) that blocks funding for the implementation of the Common Core State Standards.  The House shortly after took up the bill and passed the language again. M-Live reports: State […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Martin Ackley, Michigan Department of Education, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Senate, Mike Flanagan, No Child Left Behind Waiver, Tom McMillin

Common Core Fight Holds Up Michigan Education Budget

May 24, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Below is an excerpt from a Michigan Information and Research Service report (subscription-based) last night. A conference committee was originally scheduled to meet at 8:45 a.m. this morning to consider the MDE budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014. But by the end of the day, Sen. Howard WALKER (R-Traverse City) reported that the meeting has […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Bill Rogers, Common Core State Standards, Council of Chief State School Officers, education funding, Howard Walker, Michigan Department of Education, Michigan House, Michigan Senate, National Governors Association, Rick Snyder

McMillin Amendment Halts Common Core in Michigan

April 24, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

The Michigan House passed an education budget bill with an amendment that stops state funding for the implementation of the Common Core and its assessments.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Emmett McGroarty, Michigan House, Michigan Senate, Sandra Stotsky, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, Tom McMilin

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