Lawmakers set curriculum demands

In Utah a bill was considered that dictated to schools in more detail what should be taught, specifically as concerns U.S. social studies. Is this a scary new trend toward states and our nation telling districts and school more specifically what to teach. It has already been happening indirectly so I am not surprised that the next step is more control from the top down. I think this is just another swing in the pendulum. Not because the sates do not want to be in control but because they can not afford to put that wheel into turning. Imagine the oversight, educational committees and policy makers that would need to be paid.