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Will Sentell, "Beebe, the loyal opposition on BESE," ''The Baton Rouge Advocate,'' July 29, 2013.</ref> Beebe was unseated in the 2015 board elections.

Will Sentell, "Beebe, the loyal opposition on BESE," ''The Baton Rouge Advocate,'' July 29, 2013.</ref> Beebe was unseated in the 2015 board elections.

Roemer and Education Superintendent John White were staunch advocates of the [[liberal]] Common Core]] State Standards Initiative school curriculum, which took effect in August 2014, despite court challenges from seventeen [[conservative]] state legislators and newly-announced opposition from Governor Jindal. Roemer said, "The message to teachers and districts in this state to be clear [is]: Common Core is law in this state and what’s what we’re going to move forward with."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/2014/08/17/roemer-la-moving-forward-common-core/14209597/|title=Roemer: La. moving forward with Common Core|author=Mike Hasten|date=August 17, 2014|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=August 18, 2014}}</ref>

Roemer and Education Superintendent John White were staunch advocates of the [[liberal]] [[Common Core]] State Standards Initiative curriculum, which took effect in August 2014, despite court challenges from seventeen [[conservative]] state legislators and newly-announced opposition from Governor Jindal. Roemer said, "The message to teachers and districts in this state to be clear [is]: Common Core is law in this state and what’s what we’re going to move forward with."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/2014/08/17/roemer-la-moving-forward-common-core/14209597/|title=Roemer: La. moving forward with Common Core|author=Mike Hasten|date=August 17, 2014|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=October 4, 2020}}</ref>

   

   

Early in 2013, citing his concern for national issues, Roemer considered challenging [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]] in her bid for a fourth term in 2014.<ref name=advocate/> Instead the principal Republican challenger to Landrieu was [[U.S. Representative]] [[Bill Cassidy]], then of Louisiana's 6th congressional district, who unseated the senator in a runoff election held on December 6, 2014.

Early in 2013, citing his concern for national issues, Roemer considered challenging [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]] in her bid for a fourth term in 2014.<ref name=advocate/> Instead the principal Republican challenger to Landrieu was [[U.S. Representative]] [[Bill Cassidy]], then of Louisiana's 6th congressional district, who unseated the senator in a runoff election held on December 6, 2014.