Deal order targets school standards flap – Atlanta Business Chronicle

On the other side, Sen. Fran Millar, R-Dunwoody, dismissed allegations of a federal conspiracy against local control of public schools.

“Georgia was a lead state in the development of the Common Core performance standards, and there is a great alignment with our former Georgia standards,” Millar wrote in a column dated Monday. “Yes, this was a state initiative and not ‘Obamacore.’ ”

Indeed, Georgia’s support for the Common Core standards dates back to the administration of Deal’s Republican predecessor, Sonny Perdue.

For his part, Deal appeared to reach for middle ground. During a news conference in his Capitol office, the governor stopped well short of rejecting the Common Core standards.

“Common Core standards do not require information sharing with the federal government, and they do not impose a federal curriculum,” he said.

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