Utah opponents of the Common Core State Standards may need to foot a $100 million bill if theyâre committed to replacing the controversial education benchmarks, according to state school board member Spencer Stokes. During a Thursday meeting of the school boardâs Standards and Assessment Committee, Stokes said it is simply too expensive for Utah to start from scratch on a new set of grade-level standards for mathematics and English education. âThereâs no way on Godâs green Earth that the Legis...