Moyers and Company Exposes ALEC
Louisiana Public Broadcasting this weekend featured a Moyers and Company expose' on ALEC. (Just click in the link to get to the program) Bill Moyers, a highly respected reporter, hosted this excellent program unveiling the role of the American Legislative Exchange Council in creating and promoting model legislation passed for the benefit of some of the largest US corporations. The program is titled The United States of ALEC - A Follow-up.This program includes a great explanation about how the privatization of schools in Louisiana and other states was planned and implemented by ALEC and its friendly member legislators and governors. The program explains how this high pressure lobbying organization also gets around most state laws on reporting of lobbying activities and retains a tax exempt status.
If you care about public education, please consider viewing this hour long program. If your time is limited, the section that describes the privatization of education begins at about 24 minutes into the program and runs about 7 minutes. But the whole thing is well worth your time.
The list of model laws promoted by ALEC included much of the privatization laws passed recently in Louisiana.
Of special interest to Louisiana taxpayers is the lavish funding of virtual, for-profit private schools such as K12
If you care about public education, please consider viewing this hour long program. If your time is limited, the section that describes the privatization of education begins at about 24 minutes into the program and runs about 7 minutes. But the whole thing is well worth your time.
The list of model laws promoted by ALEC included much of the privatization laws passed recently in Louisiana.
Of special interest to Louisiana taxpayers is the lavish funding of virtual, for-profit private schools such as K12