Connecting the Citizens of North Texas with their elected officials
Just like the “affordable” healthcare act wasn’t affordable; school “choice” is NOT about choice.
PARENTAL CHOICE is, and has been, in the Texas Education Code since at least 1995, allowing for a student to transfer to another campus within a school district, to another school district, to another county, and even to a district in another state (for districts bordering the state line). [continue reading on page 2…]
2 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution will be on the May 7, 2022 ballot for all Texas registered voters.
Three questions must be answered to evaluate the constitutionality of each proposal…
1) Is it “constitutional”?
(Supports the constitutional republic)
2) Is there a need?
(Do all the People have a need for and benefit from the proposed government intervention?)
3) Affordability?
(Can the People afford it? Is the cost equal and uniform?)
To understand why these questions are important, see this explanation: https://ntcl.org/2013/10/13/all-laws-must-pass-the-constitutional-test/
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TX Lege RUSHING these BAD bills through, while still no property tax relief OR Good election integrity protection
THEY’RE RUSHING THESE BILLS THROUGH – TODAY!
Here are 11 bills that promote MORE “social-emotional” school programs that rob teachers & students of precious academic class time through RESEARCH of childhood behavioral & mental health; all in the name of the Governor’s “school safety” agenda.
CALL Your 2 State LEGISLATORS (Senator & House Rep) (call YOUR Senators on the HJR and HBs, and call YOUR House Rep on the SBs)
Vote NO to…
HB 10 (Thompson, S) “TX Mental & Behavioral Health Research Institute”
HB18 (Price) Mental health training, curriculum, counseling
HB19 (Price) MH/Substance abuse resources for school districts
HB 906 (Thompson, S) Establishing a task force for school mental Health
[The above four bills are moving fastest – Please address these today! Call YOUR senator]
4 Bills to KILL in the Texas House on Monday APR 15th
Contact your TX House member. Tell him/her..VOTE NO! on Monday on…
HB 10 / HB 18 / HB 19 / HJR 5
Here’s why on all 4 bills…. Continue reading “Vote “NO” on 4 “school safety” Bills; Monday (Apr 15th)”
I first read SB 10 in January this year, to prepare for a presentation to a north Texas group on how to read the thousands of bills that our state legislature introduces. I chose SB10 to use as demonstration because, as I always do every year that our legislature is in session, I try to read all the bills that my House Rep. and Senator file. In January the only bill that either of my legislators had authored was that of SB10, which eventually all 31 senators signed on as authors/co-authors. Sen. Jane Nelson is the Primary Author of SB 10.
In reading the 10 page bill I only needed to read the first page to realize Texas students were about to be mentally assessed and drugged on our local school campuses. Continue reading “Should Texans Support Psychiatric Assessments of Children in our Local Elementary Schools (SB10)?”
The broad and vague wording of the “Convention of States Project” application for an Article V convention to propose amendments has the power to amend one word or all words. That is the reason the bill’s author in Montana withdrew his bill from consideration on Feb 15, 2017.
TEXAS NEEDS TO DO THE SAME
Texas legislators should follow and find comfort in the principled actions of Montana…
Here’s the official audio from that committee hearing, with time stamps of the compelling arguments:
Montana – HJ 8 – COS application http://montanalegislature.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?clip_id=21870&meta_id=192240
Rep. Brad Tschida (R) Bill sponsor’s opening remarks 15:00 – 18:20
Rep. Brad Tschida (R) Bill sponsor’s closing remarks 1:05:20 – 1:09:25
Compelling Testimony AGAINST Art. V Convention
Constitutional scholar, Robert Brown’s testimony 31:45 – 37:22
Follow-up questions for constitutional scholar Robert Brown 56:30 – 1:05:16 
Article V is not the tool to reign in a rogue federal body.
Article VI is the correct and peaceful tool to reign in a rogue federal body.
See how the “Simulated” Art. V convention produced UN-intended consequences using the COS application: https://tinyurl.com/joujps6 and accidentally EXPANDED federal powers through proposed amendments.
If Gov. Abbott wants Texas to participate in a con con as he has stated in his Texas Plan, let’s examine those Texans 
other than the governor, who would be a delegate to represent Texas at such a con con.
Rep. Phil King, chair of the House committee on State & Federal Power & Responsibility- Select, authored a bill in 2015 which proposed how Texas would select her con con delegates. As is often times the case, it’s not so much what the bill says as it is what the bill doesn’t say in the obvious sense. Continue reading “A Con Con; Texas Lacks Effective Sovereign Leadership & Integrity”
An Article V Convention won’t work to benefit the People because the same legislators who refuse to enforce the good parts in the current constitution will be the ones to propose new amendments.
Did Joe Straus appoint Rep. Phil King to chair the House committee that would oversee 10th Amendment bills because King could be counted on to stall any and all good 10th Amendment action bills? Would Straus be a likely Texas delegate to an Article V Convention? The answer to both questions is a very possible yes. Continue reading “Why Texans don’t have faith in an Article V Convention”
Something must be done to break up the monopoly over the K-12 government school programs and something must be done for inner city students wishing to escape a failing government school campus. Very few Texans will oppose these goals but it is the devil involved in the details of such plans that draw opposition. Many are hoping that school vouchers or grants will solve the failing government policies.
What most parents don’t realize is that choice in government education already exists under Subchapter B of the Texas Education Code, “ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS”. Students can, and do, transfer from the campus serving their residence to another campus within their school district. They also transfer to another district, and even transfer to a district in a bordering U.S. state. This occurs most often in rural Texas without significant incident. Continue reading “School Choice; Vouchers / Taxpayer Savings Grants”
Bill Ames has reviewed some 200 bills that have been filed in the 84th Texas Legislature, relating to public education. We express our gratitude to Bill for his offering of 12 of the “Best” , and 10 of the “Worst” bills filed.
84th Texas Legislature – Key Public Education Recommendations
– created by Bill Ames for North Texas Citizens Lobby (NTCL)
Bill Content Description: State contractors (incl. school district contractors) must participate in E-Verify program.
Bill Number: HB88
Author: James White (R)
NTCL Recommendation: Support
Justification: Contain employment of illegals
Bill Content Description: Course in U. S. Constitution in curriculum 
requirements for public school students
Bill Number: HB135
Author: Dan Flynn (R) NTCL Recommendation: Support
Justification: Counters trend towards progressive curriculum in Texas public schools
