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ALEC Education Task Force - SourceWatch

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About ALEC
ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's ALECexposed.org, and check out breaking news on ourPRWatch.org site.
(Until it was disbanded in April 2012, ALEC also operated a Public Safety and Elections Task Force, which adopted such "model" bills as the "Stand Your Ground" bill or "Castle Law" doctrine and the voter ID Act. Later in 2012, ALEC launched the "Justice Performance Project" (JPP) in place of the Public Safety and Elections Task Force. The bills associated with the JPP in task force materials obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy and posted by ALEC appear to continue ALEC's modus operandi of promoting the financial interests of the corporations and special interest groups that fund it, such as the American Bail Coalition, according to PRWatch.[1])
This article is about ALEC's Education Task Force. Corporations can join this task force for $2,500 a year.[2] For model legislation crafted and adopted by the Education Task Force, go here. For task force directories and meeting agendas, go here.ALEC Education Task Force - SourceWatch:

2015 States and Nation Policy Summit Substantive Agenda

The following "model" bills were proposed for the Scottsdale, Arizona conference:[3]
Presentations and panel discussions to be held at the conference included:[3]
  • "The Future of Blaine Amendments"
  • "God and Man Disinvited at Yale?"

2015 Annual Meeting Substantive Agenda

The following "model" bills were proposed for the San Diego, California conference:[4]
Presentations and panel discussion to be held at the conference included:[4]
  • "Legislative Roundtable: Educational Savings Accounts"
  • "Doing Less With Much Less and Getting More: Transforming American Higher Education"

2015 Spring Task Force Summit Substantive Agenda

The following "model" bills were proposed for the Savannah, Georgia conference:[5]
Presentations and panel discussions to be held at the conference included:[5]
  • "Impact of Charter Schools on Rural Southern Counties"
  • "Public Charter School Model Bills"
  • "Biometrics Applications in Education"
  • "Bringing the Concepts of Free Markets to Educational Content Purchasing"
  • "North Carolina - Digital Learning"
  • "The Great State of Texas - Overview"
  • "College and Career Readiness, Building a Global Workforce"
  • "Course Choice"

2014 States and Nation Policy Summit Substantive Agenda

The following "model" bills were proposed for the Washington, DC conference:[6]
Presentations and panel discussions to be held at the conference included:[6]
  • "19th Edition Report Card on American Education"
  • "Charter School Working Group Update"
  • "Educational Savings Accounts - Education Reform Today"
  • "Public Charter School Act"
  • "States' Role in Protecting Student Information"
  • "Public Charter Schools Funding Act"

2014 Annual Meeting Substantive Agenda

The following "model" bills were proposed for the Dallas, TX conference:[7]
Presentations and panel discussions to be held at the conference included:[7]
  • "Restoring Primacy to Public Higher Education: Federal Student Financial Aid Programs and the Law of Unintended Consequences”
  • "Review and Update: ALEC's Education Principles"
  • "Fiscal Notes Calculator"
  • "Report Card on American Education 19th Edition"
  • "Standardized Tests: A Study On Education Control Systems"

2014 Spring Task Force Summit Substantive Agenda

The following "model" bills were proposed at the Kansas City, Missouri conference:[8]
Presentations and panel discussions to be held at the conference included:[8]
  • "Education Reform Presentation: The Best Course on Course Choice"
  • "Review and Update ALEC's Education Principles"
  • "Digital Learning Presentation: 1:1 Devices vs. High Quality Computer Assisted Instruction"
  • "Model Policy Discussion and Voting: Sunset Review"
    • "Credit Articulation Agreements Act"
    • "Inclusive College Savings Plan Act"
    • "Founding Principles Act"
    • "Online Learning Clearinghouse Act"
    • "The Public School Financial Transparency Act"
    • "Higher Education Scholarships for High School Pupils Act"ALEC Education Task Force - SourceWatch:
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