(continued…) PUBLIC EDUCATION GRANTS and the public FINANCING of the grants is, and has also been, in the Texas Education Code since 1995.
Why then, does the Texas Governor and Lt. Governor through the Texas Legislature continue to reinvent the wheel with programs designed to force private schools to accept public money through government funds controlled by the government (this includes 501s controlled by the IRS)? This is done under the guise of helping the poor inner city kids with their failing schools. Actually, it is to control the private schools where the state has been unsuccessful before. The 10th plank of the Communist manifesto reads:
Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children’s factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production.
Americans are being taxed to support what we call “public schools”, but are actually “government forced-tax-funded schools”. Even private schools are government regulated to an extent through the accrediting agencies.
Public funds come with government control. The government has a fiduciary duty to the taxpayer to oversee the programs funded with taxes. That equates to government programs following the government money, maybe not initially, but down the road somewhere, under a different Governor, Lt. Governor, State Legislature, and State Board of Education. There is no way to predict the future complexion of the state government. A wiser decision for school choice would be to enforce the current Education Code first!
The communist purpose of public schools is to train the young to work for the communal debt system. We also call it the Department of Education, the NEA, “Outcome -Based Education”, “Common Core Education”, and others. These are used so that all children can be indoctrinated and inculcated with the government propaganda, like “majority rules”, and “pay your fair share”. Where are the words “fair share” in the Constitution, Bill of Rights, or the Internal Revenue Code? Nowhere is “fair share” even suggested. The philosophical concept of “fair share” comes from the Communist maxim, “From each according to their ability, to each according to their need”. This concept is pure Marxism/socialism. America was made the greatest society by its private initiative work ethic and Godly beliefs. Teaching ourselves and others how to “fish” to be self-sufficient and produce plenty of extra commodities so that if one desires, could be shared with others who might be “needy”. Americans have always voluntarily been the MOST generous and charitable society on the planet.
If the private schools do a better job, then the public schools should imitate them, not force government money (and eventually their Marxist/failing programs) on them.
See Texas Education Code:
Parental Choice [Sec. 29.201]
Public Financing [Sec. 29.203]
Student Transfers…
25.035. TRANSFERS BETWEEN DISTRICTS OR COUNTIES. [1995 –Sen Bill Ratliff, SB 1]
25.040. TRANSFER TO DISTRICT OF BORDERING STATE. [1995]
25.0341. TRANSFER OF STUDENTS INVOLVED IN SEXUAL ASSAULT [2005]
25.0342. TRANSFER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF OR HAVE ENGAGED IN BULLYING. [2005]
25.0343. TRANSFER OF STUDENTS RESIDING IN HOUSEHOLD OF STUDENT RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES [Added by Acts 2006, 79th Leg.]
Sec. 25.036. TRANSFER OF STUDENT. [1995]
25.037. TRANSFER OF STATE FUNDS. [1995]
25.038. TUITION FEE FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS. [1995]
25.039. CONTRACTS AND TUITION FOR EDUCATION OUTSIDE DISTRICT. [1995]
Enforce the Texas Education Code and its current provisions to transfer to another campus. Don’t force private schools to accept public (communist) money and programs. Communism is the antithesis of individual freedom. BTW, just about every school “choice” bill you will see filed in the 88th TX legislative session comes from a Marxist bill-mill. Here’s one with sample legislation: https://www.edchoice.org/school-choice/types-of-school-choice/
Those “conservative” PACs pushing this Marxist movement should be called out for what this is. This author’s children would not have qualified for any of these “choice” programs due to our race, income, and non-military qualifications. Now, that’s discrimination!