Indian American Governor of louisiana Bobby Jindal on Wednesday sued the Obama administration, accusing it of hijacking federal grants to coerce states to adopt Common Core educational standards and assessments, thus violating the federal law and the Constitution.
“The federal Government has hijacked and destroyed the Common Core initiative. Common Core is the latest effort by big government disciples to strip away state rights and put Washington, DC in control of everything,” Jindal said in a statement after filing the lawsuit against the Obama Administration.
The Common Core State Standards Initiative is an educational initiative in the United States that details what K-12 students should know in English language arts and mathematics at the end of each grade. The 43-year-old Republican party leader is a presidential aspirant for the elections in 2016.