NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A7994
SPONSOR: Graf (MS)
 
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to the
common core state standards initiative and the race to the top program
 
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this bill is to withdraw New York State from the common
core and race to the top programs.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the education law is amended by adding new section 115.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
The common core program and the race to the top program are having a
detrimental impact on our children, parents, teachers, administrators,
and our school budgets. These programs have shifted the emphasis away
from actual learning, and instead have focused purely on testing and
data collection.
The mandates that are required in order to comply with these programs
are causing a great amount of frustration and uncertainty in our educa-
tional institutions. These programs have reduced the instructional time
allocated to our children's educational experience.
The cost of implementation far exceed the amounts received from these
programs and have become a financial burden upon our schools. These
one-size-fits-all programs have proven to be unsuccessful, detrimental,
and ineffective, and therefore the State of New York should and must
withdraw from these programs immediately.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.