S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6472--A I N S E N A T E January 28, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the common core state standards initiative and the race to the top program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 115 to 2 read as follows: 3 S 115. COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS INITIATIVE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 4 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DISCONTINUE 5 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS DEVELOPED BY THE 6 COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS INITIATIVE FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS. ANY 7 ACTIONS TAKEN TO ADOPT OR IMPLEMENT THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS ARE 8 VOID. DURING SUCH THREE YEAR MORATORIUM, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PREPARE A 9 CURRICULUM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH COMMON CORE STANDARDS AND SHALL 10 INSTRUCT TEACHERS TO EDUCATE STUDENTS. 11 S 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 116 to read 12 as follows: 13 S 116. RACE TO THE TOP PROGRAM. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW 14 TO THE CONTRARY, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DISCONTINUE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 15 RACE TO THE TOP STANDARDS DEVELOPED BY THE RACE TO THE TOP PROGRAM FOR A 16 PERIOD OF THREE YEARS. ANY ACTIONS TAKEN TO ADOPT OR IMPLEMENT THE RACE 17 TO THE TOP PROGRAM ARE VOID. 18 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13731-02-4