Stop HR 610
The new administration’s attack on public education has begun, and we need to take action to stop it.
In late January, HR 610 was introduced by Steve King of Iowa, with representatives from Maryland, Texas, and Arizona signing on.
HR 610, the School Choice Act, will eliminate the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, which was passed as a part of Lyndon B. Johnson’s “War on Poverty”. Federal funds that are now given to schools will be given to parents who choose to enroll their children in private schools or to homeschool their children. Doing that will give upper middle class parents who can almost afford private schools for their kids help in paying the steep tuition of private schools and will leave public schools minus adequate funds to provide for the education of the children remaining in them.
HR 610 will give taxpayer money to parents to send their children to religious schools. That is a main intent of the bill. Children will be given vouchers to attend religious schools like the one that Donald Trump praised when he visited it. You can watch this video of the children at that school pledging allegiance to The Bible.
HR 610 will also roll back nutritional standards for free lunches for poor children.
With HR 610, the opportunity gap between the haves and the have-nots will widen in our nation. Education as the great equalizer will cease to exist.
Please contact your Member of Congress and object to HR 610.
It is very clear that bills like HR 610 will be supported by both the U.S. Department of Education and the White House. In fact, it appears that every alternative to democratically controlled public schools will be favored. A clear bias against public schools exists.Stop HR 610 | Real Learning CT:
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H.R.610 - To distribute Federal funds for elementary and secondary education in the form of vouchers for eligible students and to repeal a certain rule relating to nutrition standards in schools.115th Congress (2017-2018) | Get alerts
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Hide Overview| Sponsor: | Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4] (Introduced 01/23/2017) |
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| Committees: | House - Education and the Workforce |
| Latest Action: | 01/23/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (All Actions) |
