Posted on 10/27/2008 2:59:23 PM PDT by wagglebee
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Sarah Palin gave a major policy address last week on how she will be an advocate for special needs children should she become the nation's next vice-president. But, does her record as the governor of Alaska demonstrate that support or is it merely an election ploy to gain votes?
The answer appears to be a resounding yes -- as the Palin administration put more money behind education and support services for disabled children and their families.
During her speech Palin said, "as governor, I've succeeded in securing additional funding and assistance for students with special needs. By 2011, I will have tripled the funding available to these students."
That appears to be the case.
Overall funding for special needs students has increased every year since Sarah Palin entered office as governor. Palin increased the amount from $219 million in 2007 to a projected $276 million in 2009.
In March, Palin signed a bill that will nearly triple per-pupil funding over three years for special needs students with high-cost requirements.
The per-pupil funding grew in Alaska under Palin's administration from $26,900 in fiscal year 2008 to $73,840 devoted to fiscal year 2011.
Palin has also directed state funds to other special needs programs.This funding includes $500,000 for diagnostic services for autistic children and $250,000 for training in early autism intervention in her fiscal year 2009 budget.
In an April interview with Education Week the executive director of the Association of Alaska School Boards called the new funding a "historic event."
Carl Rose "praised the changes in funding for rural schools and students with special needs as a 'historic event,' and said the finance overhaul would bring more stability to district budgets," the publication reported.
As a result of her dedication to disabled children, who become frequent victims of abortion, families of special needs kids have been flocking to Palin rallies across the nation.
NBC News reports: "But in the sea of faces, nearly everywhere she goes, she encounters people who aren't really there for the politics. Families of children with Down syndrome have been flocking to Palin rallies. They come to shake her hand, grab a hug or snap a picture, drawn there, they say, because her story is theirs, too."
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I guess I need a guide as to which government social programs are okay and which ones aren’t. Or maybe I can just use the Democrat-bad-Republican-good rule.
Knew, but hoped anyway.
Didn’t Obama say in the last debate that there wasn’t enough money to go around and that programs for kids with autism would cost a lot.
Bad programs are those that put money in the hands of do-nothing adults that can work but choose not to.
Good programs help those that cannot take care of themselves due to no fault of their own (disabled).
Good programs help train/educate disabled people so that they can become self-sufficient and not rely on the government.
Good programs help those that cannot take care of themselves due to no fault of their own (disabled).
Good programs help train/educate disabled people so that they can become self-sufficient and not rely on the government.
Exactly right.
I think any goverment official would agree that there is not enough money to go around for special needs programs. It is sad indeed but true. What programs do we take from in order to give to programs that do not prove to be working.
And Obama would have these children killed.
I don't have much trouble choosing in cases like this.
Think and then let your conscience be your guide.
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