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Lindsey Graham suspended his presidential run on December 21, 2015.[1]


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Presidential candidate
Lindsey Graham
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(Assumed office: 2003)
U.S. House of Representatives
(1995-2003)
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  • Graham opposes Common Core Standards. In 2014, he introduced S.Res.345, which would have allowed states to establish and define their own "academic standards and assessments."[4]
  • Graham co-sponsored H.R.800 - the Education Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999, which, among other things, "transferred authority for granting waivers of certain federal statutes and regulations from the U.S. Department of Education to state agencies that met certain requirements."[6][7]
  • Graham co-sponsored H.R.5 - the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997, which continued funding free public education to meet the needs of disabled individuals.[8]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ NPR, "Lindsey Graham Ends Presidential Bid," December 21, 2015
  2. ↑ The Hill, "Senate approves No Child Left Behind rewrite, sending legislation to White House," December 9, 2015
  3. ↑ NBC Washington, "Obama Set to Sign Education Overhaul Bill to Replace No Child Left Behind," December 10, 2015
  4. ↑ Congress.gov, “S.Res.345,” accessed January 22, 2015
  5. ↑ Congress.gov, “H.R.1 - No Child Left Behind Act of 2001,” accessed January 22, 2015
  6. ↑ NCPublicSchools.org, “Educational Flexibility Program,” accessed January 22, 2015
  7. ↑ Congress.gov, “H.R.800 - Education Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999,” accessed January 22, 2015
  8. ↑ Congress.gov, “H.R.5 - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997,” accessed January 22, 2015
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