Greg Evers Files Anti-Common Core Legislation

The "Florida Standards" may have been unanimously approved by the State Board of Education last week, but that didn't stop Sen. Greg Evers, R-Pensacola, from filing a bill in the Florida Senate to stop the implementation of the Common Core State Standards.

If passed, SB 1316 would prohibit the Florida Department of Education from implementing the standards until the state board holds at least one public hearing in each congressional district of the state. At least one state board member would be required to attend each meeting. Additionally, Evers' bill would require a "fiscal analysis" of the projected cost of implementation of the standards by an independent entity "with expertise in the development, implementation, and assessment of curricular standards to conduct the fiscal analysis."

Evers' bill would also require the state to withdraw from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and would not allow the state to implement assessments aligned to Common Core by PARCC.

"Instead, the state shall adopt andimplement new assessments that provide valid, reliable, andtimely testing of student performance," reads the bill.