Texas Governor Rick Perry signed HB 462 on Friday effectively banning the Common Core State Standards from the state. You may remember this passed the Texas House overwhelmingly on a 140-2 vote. It passed the Texas Senate on May 21. An amended version was approved by the Texas House on May 23. It was sent […]
Updated: Texas You Have a Huge CSCOPE Vote on Monday
Adam Cahnman reports that there is a big vote in the Texas House today on CSCOPE – SB 1406. One of the most important votes of the 83rd Texas Legislature will occur today when the Texas House votes on SB 1406. If passed, this bill will take all things CSCOPE out of the hand of […]
Texas House Makes It Clear: NO Common Core HERE!
The Texas House of Representatives voted 140-2 to pass language prohibiting Texas from participating in the Common Core State Standards. Only two votes against it. Incredible. The bill, HB 462, was sponsored by State Representative Dan Huberty (R-Kingwood). Here’s the relevant language in the bill: (b-1) In this section, “common core state standards” means the […]