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Pat Roberts: No officer or employee of the Federal Government, including the Secretary, shall attempt to influence, condition…

On the recordJanuary 16, 2017
No officer or employee of the Federal Government, including the Secretary, shall attempt to influence, condition, incentivize, or coerce State adoption of the Common Core State Standards.
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Pat Roberts
Republican · Kansas

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Roberts emphasizes the prohibition against federal coercion in adopting Common Core standards.

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