Title I, Part A, Sec. 1111 of the law declares, «The Secretary shall not attempt to influence, incentivize, or
coerce State adoption of the Common Core State Standards... or any other academic standards common to a significant number of States, or assessments tied to such standards.»
Not exact matches
They are right that President Obama politicized the standards by using federal Race to the Top dollars to
coerce their
adoption by the
states.
The
adoption of the national standards was
coerced by making
state receipt of federal funds at least partially dependent on endorsing them.
-- A
State retains the right to enter into a voluntary partnership with another
State to develop and implement the challenging
State academic standards and assessments required under this section, except that the Secretary shall not attempt to influence, incentivize, or
coerce State --(1)
adoption of the Common Core
State Standards developed under the Common Core
State Standards Initiative or any other academic standards common to a significant number of
States, or assessments tied to such standards; or (2) participation in such partnerships.
If anyone attempted to pressure or
coerce a birth parent to place their child for
adoption, it would be unethical and in illegal in New York
State.