RESOLUTION NO. ______________
A RESOLUTION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF COLLIER COUNTY TO
PETITION THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE THROUGH OUR SWFL
LEGISLATIV E CONTINGENT , THE GOVE RNOR, AND THE FEDERAL
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH OUR US CONGRESSIONAL
OFFICIALS TO RECLAIM THE EDUCATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY OF THE
STATE OF FLORIDA UNDER THE US CONSTITUTION FOR THE
CITIZENS OF FLORIDA AND TO RESTORE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD
CONTROL OF STANDARDS, CURRICUL UM AND STUDENT
ASSESSMENTS .
WHEREAS, the U.S. Constitution does not grant the federal government with the specific
authority to impose acts, laws, orders, rules, or regulations relating to Education,
And
WHEREAS, The 9th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads “The enumeration in the Constitution,
of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”
And
WHEREAS, The 10th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follow, “All powers not
delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States,
are reserved to States respectively, or to the people.”
And
WHEREAS. Per the absence of specific, delegated authority relating to education in Article 1, Section 8 of the US
Constitution and the clear language of the 9th and 10th Amendments, all education powers reside within the States
and the People,
And
WHEREAS, The 4th Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees “The right of the people to be secure in their
persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures”
And
WHEREAS, The Constitution of the State of Florida, Article 9, 4b provides: "The school
board shall operate, control and supervise all free public education within the school district”.
And
WHEREAS, The Common Core State Standards are a set of academic standards, owned and copy-righted by two private
membership organizations, the National Governor's Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers
(CCSSO) that the Federal Government is imposing on the States through incentives and punitive measures to force a
"one size fits all" education on American students.
And
WHEREAS, the Federal Department of Education has played a significant role in propelling the use of Common
Core throughout the nation via the ”Race to the Top ”program and “No Child Left Behind” waivers,
And
WHEREAS, The Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards result in a “one size fits all” curriculum that
reconstructs US history, minimizes the reading of classical literature and destroys many students desire for
learning and creative thinking.
And
WHEREAS, Excessive high stakes tests are derived from the Common Core Standards that impose life changing
punishments on students based on a single test for 3rd grade and graduation, significantly influencing teacher pay,
incentivizing them to teach to the Common Core Standards and related tests.
And
WHEREAS, The State of Florida requires high stakes testing that results in District and School grades, teacher pay
and student retention which forces local schools and the Collier School District to adopt Common Core Curriculum
and teach to high stakes tests.
And
WHEREAS, Common Core requires the collection and sharing to Federal agencies and large international
corporations of over 400 individual and personal data points to feed a longitudinal database of massive amounts of
personal student and teacher data without proper controls and violate individual rights to privacy.
And
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE SCHOOL BOARD OF COLLIER COUNTY, sitting in duly called session on this
day, that:
THE SCHOOL BOARD OF COLLIER COUNTY calls upon the Governor, and the Florida Legislature through the SWFL
legislative contingent to pass legislation that restores the control of standards, curriculum, and assessments to the Local
County School Districts under State of Florida, Article 9, Section 4b.
Be it further resolved,
THE SCHOOL BOARD OF COLLIER COUNTY calls upon the Governor, and the Florida Legislature through the SWFL
Legislative Contingent of the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate to immediately pass an act
repealing the Common Core Standards Content of the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards, Curriculum and High
Stakes Testing that are being imposed through incentives and punitive actions by the Federal Department of Education
and State Government agencies in violation of the Constitution of the United States, the US Bill of Rights and the
Constitution of the State of Florida, violating its true meaning and intent as given by the Founders and Ratifiers; and are
hereby declared to be invalid in the State of Florida.
Be it further resolved,
THE SCHOOL BOARD OF COLLIER COUNTY calls upon the US Congressmen Curt Clawson and Mario Diaz-Balart and US
Senators Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio to use all actions necessary through the utilization of their respective powers to
halt the implementation of Common Core Standards in Florida, including Next Generation Sunshine State Standards that
drive Common Core Curriculum, High Stakes Testing and violate individual rights to privacy and to protect the State of
Florida from retribution by the Federal Department of Education.
THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTED after motion, second, and majority vote favoring same
on this the ____ day of ____________, 2015.
SCHOOL BOARD OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
Signed By:
Kathleen Curatulo, Chair__
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Approved as to form and
legal sufficiency:
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Jon Fishbane
Attorney. Collier County District General Counsel