Every week leading up to the 2016 Primary Season, HSLDA will post a profile for one of the 2016 Presidential candidates on Homeschooling Now, highlighting where each stands on the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
CURRENT POSITION: Opposes Common Core
VOTING RECORD/TIMELINE:
2013: Cruz cosponsors resolution at the Republican National Convention to oppose Common Core; signs letter to the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations Subcommittee calling for the defunding of Common Core.
2014: Cruz cosponsors Sen. Lindsey Graham’s Senate Resolution 345, denouncing the coercion of states into accepting Common Core.
2015: Becomes the first Republican to announce candidacy for 2016 Presidential election; is first to sign the Eagle Forum STOP Common Core Pledge; cosponsors Sen. Vitters’ Local Control of Education Act, prohibiting the government from mandating specific academic standards.
Personally I’m glad that he isn’t ruling out states setting standards if they want.