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- monospaced2
Sad day for public education in the United States. The U.S. House of Representatives has introduced Bill 610. This bill will effectively start the school voucher system to be used by children ages 5 to 17, and starts the de-funding process of public schools.
The bill will eliminate the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESSA) of 1965 which is the nation's educational law and provides equal opportunity in education. It is a comprehensive program that covers programs for struggling learners, AP classes, ESL classes, classes for minorities such as Native Americans, Rural Education, Education for the Homeless, School Safety (Gun-Free schools), Monitoring and Compliance and Federal Accountability Programs.
The bill also abolishes the Nutritional Act of 2012 (No Hungry Kids Act) which provides nutritional standards in school breakfast and lunch. For our most vulnerable, this may be the ONLY nutritious food they have in a day.
The bill has no wording whatsoever protecting special needs kids, no mention of IDEA and FAPE.
Some things the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESSA) of 1965 does for Children with Disabilities:
-ensures access to the general education curriculum
-ensures access to accommodations on assessments
-ensures concepts of Universal Design for Learning
-includes provisions that require local education agencies to provide evidence-based interventions in schools with consistently underperforming subgroups
-requires states in Title I plans to address how they will improve conditions for learning including reducing incidents of bullying and harassment in schools, overuse of discipline practices and reduce the use of aversive behavioral interventions (such as restraints and seclusion- The Republitards are running shit now.utopian
- damn. that sounds fucking horrible.Gnash
- It's up for a vote.monospaced
- fuckinteliboy
- 1. A bill that establishes a program that will allow kids to choose either public or private school.
Didn't work
1. ESEA of 1965
2. No Hungry Kids Act******** - Parents can already choose a private school. You clearly do not understand this basic shit, so please go away.monospaced
- you already established the 610 bill is a voucher system, but never mentioned it can be used for private or home-school.********
- ..which is a huge point. For clarity it's not de-funding, but rather allowing folks freedom to redistribute funds how they see fit.********
- yes, which defunds public schools in favor of unregulated education that is ultimately going to favor certain socio-economic and other groups over othersmonospaced
- this also provides a vehicle in which tax dollars go directly toward alternative facts schools that will teach creationism or worse, ignorance (home school).monospaced
- it's being sold as some happy choice that makes everyone happy, but everyone who actually works in the system knows that's a crock of bullshitmonospaced
- The bill doesn't defund it empowers people to fund their own education how they see fit.********
- Exactly. So they can create schools that teach science denial, alt fact sex ed, and any number of various religious doctrinesmonospaced
- This is literally a way to divert funds from public education, which would dismantle in some areas and create life dumb assholes like youmonospaced
- create moremonospaced
- Did you forget that America is a place where we have freedom of choice which you choose to destroy instead of embrace?********
- That freedom of choice also includes religion.********
- You might as well argue on the side of monopolistic business practices at the same time.********
- It'll be easier if you save us the time and just start persecuting Christians with a machete while citing wisdom from Bill Nye the Science Guy********
- all religion is utter nonsense omgfadein11
- denying religion doesn't make you smarter fadein11. preaching religious denial makes you sound dumber than usual.********
- you got me there, I will pray to get smarter.fadein11
- :) just listen to some Al Green for a bit, he'll put a little brain on ya.
https://www.youtube.…******** - https://www.youtube.…********
- can you post another clever meme or cartoon with captions, they have really helped me as wellfadein11
- ^ there's also separation of church & state. so why should tax dollars be used to subsidize religious education?dorf
- Imagine if tax money was used for Islamic schools, knuckle dragging right wingers like omg would go ballisticreanimate
- thats not a stopping block in privatizing education. usually when not opening doors to gendered bathrooms, liberals seem to think Islam is a goto source...********
- .. for destroying Christianity because they've no other belief system to follow as atheists, so any other God will temporarily do to prove their point. facepalm********
- hahaha oh man thanks for proving the craziness of far right Trump supportersreanimate
- so all liberals are atheists... facepalmfadein11
- Once again. There is. I attack on religion or religious choice here. Private schools have always existed. The issue is that they are going to accept tax $$$!monospaced
- No attack ***monospaced
- lol. @fadein11. just being humorously contradicting... better term would be soulless.********
- This is awful. Actually, this is far beyond awful.kona