Posted on 04/08/2006 5:35:41 PM PDT by the anti-liberal
Makes one wonder how the whole Fair Tax thing would effect this sort of thing.
"The second nasty surprise? Just before the committee approved the bill on the evening of March 27, Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) offered the "DREAM Act" as an amendment. It passed on a voice vote.The DREAM Act is a nightmare. It repeals a 1996 law that prohibits state universities from offering in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens. The principle, of course, is that no illegal alien should be entitled to receive a taxpayer-subsidized benefit that out-of-state U.S. citizens can't get. But the committee's bill allows illegals to be treated better than those U.S. citizens on tuition."
I can't believe Durbin is still in office - we should've sent him to GITMO a long time ago.
Why not? According to George Milhouse Bush, the illegals should no longer live in the shadows.
My question. Do they? They get free everything an in-state tuition in Arizona.
This is the only explanation I can come up with for our President's behavior on this issue.
He needs advisors who are genuinely in touch with the everyday aspects of life wwwho can clue him in to the fact that we are being 'covertly' invaded - not just by Mexico, but also by Muslims.
My guess is that the group would be vetted and approved by the School Board.
With public meetings laws this means that the public can attend.
Public attendance guarantees that the officers of the local teacher’s union and the most active members of the union will be in attendance.
So there you have it, the approval of these groups will be political. School Board a political body and the Teacher’s Union a political power house, working together to vet which groups will be approved.
Not to be a wet rag on the session here, but Schools in Montgomery County, Md are ON SPRING BREAK next week.
The credit is for community service, and we can argue over whether this is community service (kids in my county in virginia can get community service for passing out republican fliers on weekends -- so the definition is pretty liberal). But this is NOT about getting out of school.
Michelle should have know this, living in the area.
We sound smarter when we have all the facts. Telling kids to "stay in school" on spring break will not impress them.
BTW, Michelle has the correction on her web site.
The one bright spot can be found in:
"With public meetings laws this means that the public can attend"
This means that those who can (get away from work, etc...) attend these meetings can sound a clarion call and or make a stink, making it harder for these nutcases to make their cases for particular groups with particular political agendas.
But considering how much money goes into Teacher's Unions and even into the School Board, I'd say prospects for the average individual to make a positive impact on this whole thing is rather slim, imo.
They are still giving them credit for advocating breaking the law, which is not something I think schools should be doing - they should be teaching children a healthy respect for the law.
The hard part would be knowing that approval of a group is on the agenda.
You either are going to attend every meeting of the School Board or make a point of stopping by the School board office every month to see what is on the agenda.
Even if you do those things you will have to also watch the news papers for announcements of special meetings. They are only required to give a days notice of special meetings.
I refuse to bend over and take it up the...
I'm no longer referring to them as 'Pro-Illegal'. I now see them for what they really are... Anti-American.
Hey, isn't this week the start of Easter Vacation?
It is WAY past time to defund the left.
Beginning at the schools the public should refuse to subsidize i.e., pay taxes to fund this foolishness.
Since the lefties are so fond of strikes, let's give them one.
This way the school system still gets paid for providing the students with a day's "education." You see, in most school systems unexcused absenses cut the school's payroll. The more students in attendance, the more money. If a school counts these absences as truancy, they lose money. It's generally about the money.
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