I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 524 
To prohibit the Federal Government from mandating, incentivizing, or coerc-
ing States to adopt the Common Core State Standards or any other 
specific academic standards, instructional content, curricula, assessments, 
or programs of instruction. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2015 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. JONES, Mr. BROOKS of Ala-
bama, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. 
KING of Iowa, Mr. NUNNELEE, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. 
CLAWSON of Florida, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. 
GIBBS, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. BABIN, Mr. 
ROONEY of Florida, Mr. FINCHER, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. 
BURGESS, Mr. COOK, Mr. ZINKE, Mrs. LOVE, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. FLORES, 
Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. SALMON, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. KELLY of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. GUINTA, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. POMPEO, and Mr. HUDSON) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Federal Government from mandating, 
incentivizing, or coercing States to adopt the Common 
Core State Standards or any other specific academic 
standards, instructional content, curricula, assessments, 
or programs of instruction. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Local Control of Edu-
cation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. GENERAL ESEA PROHIBITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9527 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7907) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAN-
DATING COMMON STANDARDS, PROGRAMS OF INSTRUC-
TION, CURRICULA, ASSESSMENTS, OR ACADEMIC STAND-
ARDS.—An officer or employee of the Federal Government 
shall not directly or indirectly, through grants, contracts, 
or other cooperative agreements under this Act (including 
waivers under section 9401)— 
‘‘(1) mandate, direct, or control a State, local 
educational agency, or school’s specific instructional 
content or any specific academic standard, assess-
ment, curriculum, or program of instruction, includ-
ing through any requirement, direction, condition, or 
mandate to adopt— 
‘‘(A) the Common Core State Standards 
developed under the Common Core State Stand-
ards Initiative, any other academic standards 
common to a number of States, or any specific 
statewide or nationally recognized content 
standards; or 
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‘‘(B) any assessment, instructional content, 
or curriculum aligned to, or based on, specific 
academic standards, including any of the stand-
ards described in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(2) incentivize a State, local educational agen-
cy, or school to adopt any specific instructional con-
tent, academic standard, assessment, curriculum, 
commonality of standards or assessments, or pro-
gram of instruction described in paragraph (1), 
which shall include providing any priority, pref-
erence, or special consideration during the applica-
tion process based on any specific content, standard, 
assessment, curriculum, commonality, or program; 
or 
‘‘(3) make financial support available in a man-
ner that is conditioned upon a State, local edu-
cational agency, or school’s adoption of any specific 
instructional content, academic standard, assess-
ment, curriculum, commonality of standards or as-
sessments, or program of instruction described in 
paragraph (1), even if such requirements are speci-
fied in section 14006 or 14007 of the American Re-
covery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 
111–5; 123 Stat. 281) or any other Act.’’. 
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