Good news from Nevada, conveyed by the Rogers Foundation, which supports public schools.
Las Vegas, NV – Beverly Rogers and Rory Reid, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Rogers Foundation, are celebrating a Nevada Supreme Court decision that has once again halted a constitutional initiative attempting to establish an extreme and unprecedented school voucher scheme in Nevada.
“This is a huge win for students and Nevada families,” said Beverly Rogers, “This would have been detrimental for the public schools our community relies on, leading to even bigger class sizes and massive cuts. It’s a shame these groups want to sacrifice our public schools in favor of discriminatory and unaccountable vouchers. We are glad the courts once again ruled in our favor.”
The Nevada Supreme Court held, in Education Freedom PAC v. Reid, that the PAC’s voucher scheme failed in several key ways. It failed to propose a revenue source to fund the scheme’s substantial costs to taxpayers. Its description of effect was “deceptive and misleading,” failing to inform voters of the impact on the state’s budget and underestimating the cost of the scheme. Lastly, the initiative attempted to improperly direct future legislatures to enact certain laws, impeding their authority. The Court enjoined the PAC from moving forward with the initiative.
“It’s clear this group was trying to push its controversial scheme by deceptively mischaracterizing its impact on our public schools,” said Rory Reid, “Nevada’s highest court has halted their effort, rightly finding the public deserved to know the full truth.”
This failed constitutional initiative would have been one of the most extreme voucher measures in the country, putting taxpayers on the hook for at least $300 million to support the wealthy already enrolled in private schools. This would have resulted in a significant tax hike, deep cuts to public district and charter schools, and the reduction of critical community services.
“These groups will never stop and neither can we. There is a clear effort to destroy our public schools, the only system dedicated to serving all students. We cannot let them. We will not let them. And we will continue to fight on behalf of Nevada’s students and their families,” said Mrs. Rogers.
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Great news!!!
So, will Education Freedom PAC appeal that ruling until it reaches the US Supreme Court and the six fake conservative, really fascist, justices rule in their favor?
I was thinking the exact same thing. But relieved to see the NV court decision is based on very practical considerations.
Ummm, you can’t do this. THE U.S SUPREME COURT OVERRULES THE NEVADA SUPREME COURT. Keep on electing these stupid Democrats!!! If my kids didn’t live in Nevada, I’d be gone and I was born and raised here. Absolutely makes me sick!!!
Give the so-called Supremes time and a chance to gut that state decision. . . and they will!
Exactly what I think, Duane!
Meanwhile, this Hillsdale Madness just popped up 6/30 for Texas.
The Texas State Board of Education last month denied, for the third time, efforts to launch Heritage Classical Academy in Northwest Houston, a school designed as a conservative response to anti-racism, LGBT-inclusive sex education and other progressive themes in public schools.
Heritage is part of the Barney Charter School initiative, a national charter school movement to introduce a more conservative ideology in schools. The initiative was founded by Hillsdale College in Michigan.
Ginni Thomas/SCOTUS lobbied to overturn the 2020 presidential election and is a former vice president at Hillsdale and ran its Washington programs. Heritage Classical Academy was voted down for the first time in 2020 by the board, several members said, because of the inclusion of “Brer Rabbit” books in its early grade curricula. The 19th century children’s story has been assailed by critics for promoting racist stereotypes and mimicking dialect used by African-American slaves.
“The idea of 95 percent of kids losing funding and programming and opportunities so that 5 percent can attend a private-light-school, wherever parents ARE NOT paying a private school bill is just asinine to me,” said state board member Georgina Pérez, a Democrat who votes against all charter applicants.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Texas-conservatives-flex-muscle-to-help-anti-woke-17277096.php
And Texas again taking the lead as a coal mine canary.
A group of Texas educators have proposed to the Texas State Board of Education that slavery should be taught as “involuntary relocation” during second grade social studies instruction.
This is part of an UPDATE process to statewide social studies instruction. It comes a year after lawmakers passed a law to keep topics that make students “feel discomfort” out of Texas classrooms. The board will have a final vote on the curriculum in November.
TX Senate Bill 3, Texas’ law dictates how slavery and issues of race are taught in Texas. The law states that slavery can’t be taught as part of the true founding of the United States and that slavery was nothing more than a deviation from American values.
Part of the proposed TX social studies curriculum standards outlines that students should “compare journeys to America, including voluntary Irish immigration and involuntary relocation of African people during colonial times.”
https://www.click2houston.com/news/texas/2022/06/30/texas-educator-group-proposes-referring-to-slavery-as-involuntary-relocation-in-second-grade-curriculum/