Jindal's attorney said he plans to appeal. The governor filed the suit in 2014 as he prepared for a run for president. He was scheduled to participate in the smaller of two Republican candidate debates later Wednesday.
Dick said the federal government never endorsed Common Core and did not help create it. That knocks down a charge made by Jindal and other conservative Republicans across the United States. In a recent advertisement for his gubernatorial campaign, for example, Sen. David Vitter, R-La., called Common Core "part of Washington's dangerous plan to take over how we educate our kids." Three of the four major gubernatorial candidates have come out against Common Core.
