The State Board of Education, primarily democrats, agreed to this in 2010 but the legislature has never approved it. The federal government needs to stay out of what clearly is a states rights issue. The federal government has never proved it can effective manage anything. Urge your State Senator to vote for the passage of the House Appropriation Bill that removes the funding for this boondoggle and to do what you can to get Hose Bill 4276 reported out of committee and to the floor for a vote by the full House.