White House Threatens to Veto House Bill That Would Block Federal Pressure on States to Adopt Common Core

The White House on Wednesday issued a veto threat for a House bill that would prevent the Department of Education from attempting to coerce or influence a state into adopting Common Core.

The House Education and Workforce Committee has approved the Student Success Act, H.R. 5, which focuses broadly on providing local control over education and includes a provision that would prohibit the Department of Education from pushing the Common Core State Standards on states through incentives or grants. It does not and cannot repeal Common Core, which has been adopted by the individual states.