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Below is the full text of the resolution that Utah County Republicans voted to pass, in opposition to Common Core this week. 

It will be interesting to see what Governor Herbert does with the mounting evidence that Utahns oppose Common Core.  Despite publically taking a second look at the academics, he has not taken any steps to get a second look at state  and federal data mining done in Utah, nor has he taken a second look at the actual governance structure of Common Core which seems far, far more important than the academic snapshot.  The governor’s still moving full steam on with the Common Core-promoting Prosperity 2020 and SLDS systems in this state, and has not resigned from his Common Core-promoting role in the  National Governors Association (that unelected, private trade group which created and copyrighted the Common Core.) 

Governor, is it time to start listening more closely to voters?

Utah County Republican Resolution

 

WHEREAS, The Common Core State Standards Initiative (“Common Core”), adopted as part of the “Utah

Core,” is not a Utah state standards initiative, but rather a set of nationally-based standards and tests

developed through a collaboration between two NGO’s (non-governmental organizations) and

unelected boards and consortia from outside the state of Utah; and,

 

WHEREAS, Common Core binds us to an established copyright over standards, limiting our ability to

create or improve education standards that we deem best for our own children; and,

 

 

WHEREAS, the General Educational Provisions Act prohibits federal authority over curriculum and

testing, yet the U.S. Department of Education’s “Cooperative Agreements” confirm Common Core’s test-

building and data collection is federally managed; and,

 

WHEREAS, “student behavior indicators” – which include testing for mental health, social and cultural

(i.e. religious) habits and attitudes and family status – are now being used for Common Core tests and

assessments; and,

 

WHEREAS, Common Core promotes the storage and sharing of private student and family data without

consent; using a pre-school through post-graduate (P-20) tracking system and a federally-funded State

Longitudinal Database (SLDS), creating substantial opportunities for invasion of privacy; and,

 

WHEREAS, Common Core intrudes on the constitutional authority of the states over education by

pressuring states to adopt the standards with financial incentives tied to President Obama’s ‘Race to the Top’, and if not adopted, penalties include loss of funds and, just as Oklahoma experienced a loss of

their ESEA waiver; and

 

WHEREAS, the Republican National Committee and Utah State Republican Convention recently passed a

resolution opposing Common Core State Standards;

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that we call on the Governor and the Utah State School Board to withdraw

from, and we ask the Utah State Legislature to discontinue funding programs in association with, the

Common Core State Standards Initiative/Utah’s Core and any other similar alliance, and;

THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution shall be delivered to the Governor

and the State legislature requesting executive and legislative action.