Sentences with phrase «example of federal overreach»

«Common Core is a prime example of federal overreach into academic standards which have been traditionally set by the states and localities,» said Sergio Gor, a spokesman for Paul.

Unlike Common Core, Washington's micromanagement of what can and can not be served in school lunchrooms — half the kids in America are now eligible for these federal subsidies — and whether and how it can be seasoned truly constitute an example of federal overreach.

Conservatives have taken to calling the standards an example of federal overreach.

The push from the Obama administration did make it seem that Common Core was an example of federal overreach, says Cheryl Oldham, vice president of the Center for Education and Workforce at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

While it was widely reported that Betsy DeVos tried to convince her colleagues to maintain the protections the Obama administration put into place for transgender students, she went to the Conservative Political Action Conference a few days later and defended the move, saying the Obama regulations were examples of federal overreach.

Opponents view the new standards as an example of federal overreach.

Criticism has also come from the Council of Chief State School Officers, which represents state superintendents and sees the district waiver as an example of federal overreach — and a direct threat to their authority over schools.

Opponents argued that the plan was an example of federal overreach, and the Supreme Court temporarily blocked it in 2016 until both sides could fight it out in lower courts.