President Barack Obama is expected to sign the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, legislation Congress passed to replace the No Child Left Behind Act, by the end of this week.

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, R-La., helped to secure the bill’s language which would forbid the federal government from intervening in the state’s educational standards through the use of manipulation. Cassidy, who is a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and chairman of the Senate Dsylexia Caucus, also assisted with the legislation to improve assessment tools for identifying students with dyslexia and other learning disabilities.

“Every child deserves a quality education that fits their needs,” Cassidy said in a statement. “The beginning of that quality education begins with local control.”

The bill prohibits the U.S. Secretary of Education from using incentives or any form of manipulation to get states to adopt any particular set of standards, including Common Core.

“This bill … returns the decision-making power back to the states, local school districts, teachers and parents,” Cassidy said.

One of the initiatives in the ESSA is to create a comprehensive center on students who are at risk for not attaining full literacy skills due to a disability such as dyslexia. The center will be designed to identify or develop free- to low-cost assessment tools to identify those students.

It will also give states more control over assessment systems and allow them to conduct audits, eliminating unnecessary assessments, according to a news release. The ESSA will cover part or all of accelerated learning examinations such as the AP test for students in low-income families.

After-school and enrichment programs will also be strengthened. In the state of Louisiana, 22,316 low-income students are in the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program, according to the release.

“(The ESSA) empowers Louisiana parents, teachers and students — not the federal government,” Cassidy said.

State Superintendent of Education John White also expressed his pleasure in Congress passing the ESSA.

“The ESSA aligns with the premise of Louisiana Believes, trusting those closest to the students to make the best decisions for them,” White said in a statement. “Additionally, the ESSA provides states with the flexibility necessary to encourage innovation while at the same time holding us accountable for results through a refined system that best meets the needs of Louisiana students. We look forward to the increased flexibility and authority provided by the ESSA.”