Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who pulled his support for Common Core earlier this year, announced today that he has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Dept. of Education in an attempt to prevent Common Core standards from being applied to his state:
Bravo @BobbyJindal ! Jindal sues feds over Common Core http://t.co/BJvpqzck8z … #StopCommonCore
— Harriet Baldwin Text Trump 88022 (@HarrietBaldwin) August 27, 2014
Jindal announced the lawsuit on Twitter today:
Today, I filed suit against the Federal Govt for violating federal law and the 10th Amendment to the US Constitution. http://t.co/Y6J3N3icVE
— Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) August 27, 2014
The Obama Admin has used federal grants to lure states into adopting a single set of federally defined standards. http://t.co/Y6J3N3icVE
— Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) August 27, 2014
The Feds are coercing states, as well as utilizing testing products created by a federally funded “consortia.” http://t.co/Y6J3N3icVE
— Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) August 27, 2014
In filing this suit we are going right to the source of the problem. http://t.co/Y6J3N3icVE
— Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) August 27, 2014
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