OKLAHOMA CITY – A Common Core repeal bill appears to be gaining momentum in the Oklahoma Legislature, and could end up on Gov. Mary Fallin’s desk for final approval in a matter of days.

The problem is the legislation – House Bill 3399 – contains a big loophole that could prevent a true repeal of the nationalized learning standards from occurring.

We’ll start with the good news. HB 3399 – which has already passed the state House of Representatives – sailed through the state Senate Education Committee earlier this week with an 11-0 vote. The measure will now be considered by the full Senate, perhaps as early as next week, reports TulsaWorld.com.

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According to NewsOK.com, the potential law “would replace Common Core English, language arts and mathematics standards with news ones to be developed and adopted by the state Board of Education by Aug. 1, 2015.”

Gov. Fallin has expressed interest in signing the bill into law should it pass the Senate.

Some Common Core opponents may be tempted to put the champagne on ice for their imminent victory celebration, but that would be premature.

The new learning standards – which tell educators which concepts to teach children by grade level – would be written by state Board of Education members, who are appointed by the governor.

That matters because Gov. Fallin is not only an outspoken supporter of Common Core – as she made clear in an executive order last December – but she also chairs the National Governors Association, the very group that holds the copyright to the one-size-fits-all standards.

Skeptics believe it’s highly unlikely that Fallin will allow the board to deviate very far from Common Core.

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They point to the unfolding situation in Indiana, where Common Core has been officially repealed, but the proposed replacement standards look awfully similar to the nationalized math and English standards they are supplanting.

The same thing could easily happen in the Sooner State.

Such skepticism isn’t unfounded. The governor is up for reelection in November. And as Oklahoma anti-Common Core activist Linda Murphy has noted, the governor’s support of the repeal bill seems designed to give her “cover” with Republican voters without actually having to give up Common Core.

Murphy and other critics note that state officials have already gone so far as to rename Common Core as “Oklahoma Academic Standards.” That’s another indication that state leaders are more interested in pulling off a bait-and-switch than in actually addressing their constituents concerns about the K-12 experiment.

Oklahoma’s legislative session runs through the end of May, which means the intrigue surrounding this repeal effort could go on for weeks.