Comments - ACTION ITEM: FEDERAL (ESEA) - Elementary and Secondary Education ACT We Need to STOP IT... - First Coast Tea Party2024-03-29T13:47:10Zhttp://firstcoastteaparty.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4150782%3ABlogPost%3A240138&xn_auth=noWhy do I feel like I live in…tag:firstcoastteaparty.ning.com,2015-12-02:4150782:Comment:2406102015-12-02T03:49:23.061Zrobert c tiptonhttp://firstcoastteaparty.ning.com/profile/robertctipton
<p>Why do I feel like I live in germany 1933--and its not congress but The Reichstag</p>
<p>Why do I feel like I live in germany 1933--and its not congress but The Reichstag</p> The ESEA Reauthorization Proc…tag:firstcoastteaparty.ning.com,2015-11-20:4150782:Comment:2403882015-11-20T14:40:22.847ZFCTPhttp://firstcoastteaparty.ning.com/profile/FCTP
<p>The ESEA Reauthorization Process Stinks <br></br> Posted: 19 Nov 2015 09:36 AM PST</p>
<p>Photo credit: Rob Crawley (CC-By-2.0)<br></br> I recently wrote about the compromises that had been reported in the framework for the Elementary and Secondary Education reauthorization bill. The language of this framework has yet to see the light of day.<br></br> We have learned that the conferees for the ESEA reauthorization reconciliation received a hard copy of compromise bill on Tuesday night. Hard copies are…</p>
<p>The ESEA Reauthorization Process Stinks <br/> Posted: 19 Nov 2015 09:36 AM PST</p>
<p>Photo credit: Rob Crawley (CC-By-2.0)<br/> I recently wrote about the compromises that had been reported in the framework for the Elementary and Secondary Education reauthorization bill. The language of this framework has yet to see the light of day.<br/> We have learned that the conferees for the ESEA reauthorization reconciliation received a hard copy of compromise bill on Tuesday night. Hard copies are not easily shared. Erin Tuttle of Hoosiers Against Common Core, who has been unable to obtain a copy of the framework, shared in an email that she was told the bill was 5 to 6 inches thick and didn’t have page numbers.<br/> The conference committee is being rushed along when it would take at least a month to go through this bill.<br/> Not only does the bill stink, from what we’ve been able to learn about it, the process stinks as well. This is not how a constitutional republic is supposed to work. In the interest of transparency this bill needs to be shot down.<br/> Here is a list of the House Conferees and their Twitter handles courtesy of Karen Effrem:<br/> Rep. John Kline (R-MN), chairman, Committee on Education and the Workforce @repjohnkline<br/> Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), chairman, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education @toddrokita<br/> Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) @VirginiaFoxx<br/> Rep. David P. Roe (R-TN) @DrPhilRoe<br/> Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA) @CongressmanGT<br/> Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) @brettguthrie<br/> Rep. Luke Messer (R-IN) @RepLukeMesser<br/> Rep. Steve Russell (R-OK) @reprussell<br/> Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) @repcurbelo<br/> Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI) @repgrothman<br/> The post The ESEA Reauthorization Process Stinks appeared first on Truth in American Education.</p> ESEA Reauthorization Reconcil…tag:firstcoastteaparty.ning.com,2015-11-20:4150782:Comment:2403872015-11-20T14:39:38.073ZFCTPhttp://firstcoastteaparty.ning.com/profile/FCTP
<p>ESEA Reauthorization Reconciliation Bill Passes Out of Conference <br></br> Posted: 19 Nov 2015 01:11 PM PST</p>
<p>Photo credit: UpstateNYer (CC-By-SA 3.0)<br></br> Two days… two days is all the conferees on the ESEA reauthorization bill had to consider this bill. The language still has not been released, and all but one conferee voted to send this bill out of the conference committee today. U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) voted no by proxy.<br></br> There were eleven amendments added that don’t really…</p>
<p>ESEA Reauthorization Reconciliation Bill Passes Out of Conference <br/> Posted: 19 Nov 2015 01:11 PM PST</p>
<p>Photo credit: UpstateNYer (CC-By-SA 3.0)<br/> Two days… two days is all the conferees on the ESEA reauthorization bill had to consider this bill. The language still has not been released, and all but one conferee voted to send this bill out of the conference committee today. U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) voted no by proxy.<br/> There were eleven amendments added that don’t really offer any improvements that we can see (not that we have seen the bill). The bill will not be made public until November 30. The House will take up the bill on December 2nd. It is uncertain when a vote will take place.<br/> This bill barely passed the House 218 to 213 with some amendments that made it more palatable for conservatives. This bill, it has been reported (though no one has actually seen the bill) has any of those provisions.<br/> So it is vitally important that we overwhelm the phones, Twitter accounts, and email of our U.S. Representative, and other members of Congress as well. This ESEA reauthorization must be killed in the U.S. House.<br/> The post ESEA Reauthorization Reconciliation Bill Passes Out of Conference appeared first on Truth in American Education.</p> Speaker Paul Ryan, Make ESEA…tag:firstcoastteaparty.ning.com,2015-11-20:4150782:Comment:2400982015-11-20T14:38:36.478ZFCTPhttp://firstcoastteaparty.ning.com/profile/FCTP
<p>Speaker Paul Ryan, Make ESEA Reauthorization Bill Public for 60 Days <br></br> Posted: 19 Nov 2015 04:15 PM PST</p>
<p>Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) after being sworn in.<br></br> Because the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (No Child Left Behind) will be the largest piece of federal education legislation Congress will pass in over a decade, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) should allow the bill to be made publicly available for at least 60 days before the House considers it.…<br></br></p>
<p>Speaker Paul Ryan, Make ESEA Reauthorization Bill Public for 60 Days <br/> Posted: 19 Nov 2015 04:15 PM PST</p>
<p>Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) after being sworn in.<br/> Because the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (No Child Left Behind) will be the largest piece of federal education legislation Congress will pass in over a decade, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) should allow the bill to be made publicly available for at least 60 days before the House considers it.<br/> The bill is not scheduled to be made publicly available until November 30th. Thus, a vote should not be scheduled until late January. Currently, it is scheduled for December 2; two days is clearly not sufficient. House members will be forced to vote on a bill they haven’t read.<br/> The American people expected a new style of leadership under Speaker Ryan, not more of the same. If he allows a bill of this magnitude to become law without adequately vetting its merits and faults, it will affirm that the same ills that plagued Congress under Speaker Boehner remain fully intact.<br/> While the conference committee hearing consisted mostly of members editorializing about how important it is to pass the bill, we did learn a little about the bill:<br/> Neither the House version of the bill, the Student Success Act (SSA), nor the Senate version, the Every Child Achieves Act, were considered ideal to conservatives. In fact, the SSA barely passed the house amid complaints it didn’t do enough to restore power back to the states. The main incentive for conservatives to ignore less appealing aspects of the bill and pass it was the inclusion of a provision to allow the portability of Title 1 funds, which many believed important to the School Choice movement. The conference committee proceedings confirmed that Title 1 portability was no longer included in the new bill.<br/> The conference committee proceedings also revealed that the new bill would increase spending by 12% over the next five years. Do conservatives think this increase is appropriate when our country is facing 18 trillion in debt? The federal government has increased spending on education by 300% since ESEA was passed with nothing to show for it; student test scores have remained flat.<br/> High-stakes testing mandates are retained.<br/> What we have heard, but can’t confirm:<br/> The new bill is hundreds of pages longer than either prior version.<br/> It contains new programs that weren’t in either prior version.<br/> There is a new competitive grant for pre-schools- think Race to the Top for Tots<br/> Very complex language that is unclear. This means the US Depart of Education will have tremendous leeway to interpret it to the advantage of the federal government. Because it has discretion over how to administer the law, unclear language makes it easier for the US Department of Education to justify and make decisions to place requirements on the states through its rule-making authority.<br/> The post Speaker Paul Ryan, Make ESEA Reauthorization Bill Public for 60 Days appeared first on Truth in American Education.</p> Next step...
All female stude…tag:firstcoastteaparty.ning.com,2015-11-19:4150782:Comment:2403822015-11-19T16:37:38.015ZFranklin W.http://firstcoastteaparty.ning.com/profile/FranklinW468
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<p>All female students, kindergarten thru college, MUST wear burkas so muslim little girls will not feel different.</p>
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<p>All female students, kindergarten thru college, MUST wear burkas so muslim little girls will not feel different.</p>