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House Bill 610 has been introduced.
This bill will effectively start
the school voucher system to be used by children ages 5-17, and starts
the defunding process of public schools.
The bill will eliminate the
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT (ESEA) of 1965, which is the
nation's educational law and provides equal opportunity in education.
ESEA is a comprehensive program that covers programs for struggling
learners, AP classes, ESL classes, classes for minorities such as Native
Americans, Rural Education, Education for the Homeless, School Safety
(Gun-Free schools), Monitoring and Compliance and Federal Accountability
Programs.
House Bill 610 would also abolish the NATIONAL SCHOOL
LUNCH PROGRAM of 1966 and the NUTRITIONAL ACT of 2012 (No Hungry Kids
Act) which provides nutritional standards in school breakfast and lunch.
For our most vulnerable, this may be the ONLY nutritious food they have
in a day.
The bill has no wording whatsoever protecting special
needs kids, no mention of IDEA and FAPE (Disability focus and Free
Education focus).
Some things ESEA does for Children with Disabilities
-Ensures access to the general education curriculum.
-Ensures access to accommodations on assessments.
-Ensures concepts of Universal Design for Learning
-Includes provisions that require local education agencies to provide
evidence-based interventions in schools with consistently
underperforming subgroups.
-Requires states in Title I plans to
address how they will improve conditions for learning including reducing
incidents of bullying and harassment in schools, overuse of discipline
practices and reduce the use of aversive behavioral interventions (such
as restraints and seclusion).
Please call your representative and ask him/her to vote NO on House Bill 610 (HR 610).
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