Folks, yesterday two bills concerning Common Core and Data Privacy cropped up in the Senate. They are on the calendar for TODAY. The Senate meets at 2 pm today and usually ends by 5 or 5:30. We need to shoot out an email or get on the phone and contact our Senators to Co-Sponsor these bills. If you are not sure who represents you, go HERE.
The bills in play TODAY are:
SB815 – Ensuring Privacy of Student Records
SB812 – Replace Common Core To Meet NC’s Needs
The first one, SB815, is a student data privacy bill being put in by Senator Barefoot. I have not had a chance to get into this bill yet. I will be doing that today. Data privacy in relation to Common Core is tricky; I am sure there will be tightening of language and amending. Sponsors: Chad Barefoot; Andrew C. Brock; Dan Soucek; (Primary)
The second one, SB812, is identical to HB1061. That is to say, this is the same bill, just being filed in the Senate. Sponsors: Dan Soucek; Jerry W. Tillman; (Primary)
I’ve already fired off a letter to my Senator. Below is an example of the kind of letter I sent them. Feel free to use and adapt it to contact yours.
SB815 – Ensuring Privacy of Student Records
SB812 – Replace Common Core To Meet NC’s Needs
Bill 812 will serve to replace the fundamentally flawed and experimental Common Core State Standards. The Common Core is an age and developmentally inappropriate set of standards which lack rigor and is unproven and untested.
Common Core Standards are not higher standards, they are experimental standards that are not under NC’s control and will cost the state taxpayers an estimated $641.9 million to keep and maintain them over the next 5 years.
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