Assemblymen, and members of the Education Committee, Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) and Dean Murray (R,C,I-East Patchogue) authored a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan following his recent remarks suggesting a withholding of federal aid to schools with high Common Core testing opt-out rates.

***ATTACHED WITH THIS RELEASE IS A COPY OF THE LETTER SENT TO SECRETARY OF EDUCATION DUNCAN***