The American Federation for Children turned its attention to Mississippi after successfully bankrolling the wins of privatization candidates in state legislatures in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennesse, and Wisconsin in 2014. Not limiting its PAC money to legislative races, AFC has also spread its influence to judicial and local school board campaigns in […]
Last week, Governor Bryant signed SB 2695, the voucher bill that allows taxpayer dollars to be used to pay tuition for children with special needs to attend private academies and for-profit schools. The voucher schools are not required to admit all students who apply and are not required to provide special education services to the
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When you pray, move your feet. It’s an old proverb that is among my favorites. Sometimes, the answer to a heartfelt prayer comes in a call to get up and do something – to be the vessel, the hands and feet, through which important works are done. Mississippi parents are answering that call. They are moving their feet
Down to the Wire: Privatization Votes Coming in House and Senate Read More »
We need your help again! Vouchers are still very much in play. A voucher bill that would send $6,500 per student to private schools is slated for a vote by the full House. Click here to see an analysis of the bill. Legislators whose ultimate goal is to privatize our public schools are still pushing their plan to hand debit
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Legislators have gone home for the weekend, and they need to hear from you. Here’s the good news… None of the troublesome bills we told you about earlier in the week have been debated as of yet, so there is still time to influence your legislators’ votes. The even better news is that word is
A Chance to Stop the Privatizers – #All4PubEd Read More »
Several bills being proposed in the 2015 Legislative Session open Mississippi’s doors to privatization of public schools. Tell your legislators to examine every bill carefully and to vote NO on any measure that allows state funds to pay or offset the cost of tuition at a private, for-profit, or virtual school. HB 394 and SB 2695
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Our kids need your help. Well-funded privatization forces are gaining ground in their efforts to privatize Mississippi’s public education system, a move that would hand state tax dollars and our children’s futures to unaccountable for-profit, virtual, and private schools. Here’s what we know: a wealthy Mississippi businessman who supports privatization measures is offering large amounts
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The Senate Education Committee has passed a voucher bill that, if enacted, would be a big step toward privatizing public education in Mississippi. That bill could be brought up for a vote of the full Senate as early as tomorrow. Please call your senator as soon as possible. This legislation, SB 2695, is being promoted
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The idea that parents should be able to choose which school is best for their child may sound good on the surface. But the people who promote “school choice” have a secret they don’t want you to know… When it comes to school choice (vouchers for private school tuition), it isn’t parents who do the
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Tomorrow is the deadline for the House and Senate to act on general bills that originated in the other chamber. (The deadline for the funding bills comes later.) Numerous members have called, emailed, and texted from your spring break vacations to check on the status of the voucher, funding, and pay-raise bills. No action has been taken on
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