Jindal: Scrap Common Core and "come up with better plan"

Gov. Bobby Jindal, after much speculation, has pulled Louisiana from the Common Core education standards.

Jindal has ordered a new set of standards instead of PARCC, ordering the state's Department of Education to "come up with a better plan," he said.

Jindal has said he's been considering taking executive action to ditch the state's use of Common Core materials and PARCC. Jindal also is on record having opposed a federal takeover of education. Until now, Louisiana's Department of Education has employed the Common Core English and Math benchmarks currently adopted by other states.

"You can have high standards in Louisiana without giving up control,"Jindal said.

However, Louisiana's Education Superintendent John White contends that the governor does not have the authority to take this action.

The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has maintained Common Core in Louisiana public schools and the Louisiana legislature has voted to continue it.

The issue could wind up in court.