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Biden admin withholding key funding for schools with hunting, archery programs
Fox News ^ | 7-28-23 | Thomas Catenacci

Posted on 07/28/2023 8:57:14 AM PDT by SJackson

Biden administration is 'leveling a direct attack on hunters’ ability to pass down hunting to the newest generations,' hunting expert tells Fox News Digital

The Biden administration is blocking key federal funding earmarked under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 for schools with hunting and archery programs.

According to federal guidance circulated among hunting education groups and shared with Fox News Digital, the Department of Education determined that, under the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) passed last year, school hunting and archery classes are precluded from receiving federal funding. The interpretation could impact millions of American children enrolled in such programs.

"It's a negative for children. As a former educator of 30-plus years, I was always trying to find a way to engage students," Tommy Floyd, the president of the National Archery in the Schools Program, told Fox News Digital in an interview. "In many communities, it's a shooting sport, and the skills from shooting sports, that help young people grow to be responsible adults. They also benefit from relationships with role models."

"You've got every fish and wildlife agency out there working so hard to utilize every scrap of funding, not only for the safety and hunter education, but for the general understanding of why stewardship is so important when it comes to natural resources," he continued. "Any guidance where it's even considered a ‘maybe’ or a prohibition for shooting sports is a huge negative."

According to Floyd, his organization boasts 1.3 million students from nearly 9,000 schools across 49 states who are enrolled in archery courses. Some of those schools have already canceled plans to include archery or hunting education courses in their curriculum due to the Education Department guidance.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: archery; arth; banglist; commies; despotism; education; hunting
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To: hanamizu
The contradiction in the article actually points out why the withholding of fed funds is unconstitutional - They are withholding all fed funds to schools that have those programs and classes, but they are not federally funded. Those classes have ZERO actual connection to federal funds. This is a classic example of ultra vires EO's and agency actions. Strictly Illegal.
21 posted on 07/28/2023 9:33:13 AM PDT by jpp113
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To: SJackson
Don’t let your kids grow up to be Hunters.


22 posted on 07/28/2023 9:51:02 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: jpp113

Do you remember how FedGov strong-armed the states into setting the 55 mph speed limit and raising the drinking age to 21? Comply or we withhold road funding. (Of course we’ll continue to collect Federal gasoline taxes because we can).

Was that ever declared unconstitutional?


23 posted on 07/28/2023 9:54:41 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Magnum44
Here’s why the DOE will never be eliminated:

"It's a negative for children. As a former educator of 30-plus years, I was always trying to find a way to engage students," Tommy Floyd, the president of the National Archery in the Schools Program, told Fox News Digital in an interview. "In many communities, it's a shooting sport, and the skills from shooting sports, that help young people grow to be responsible adults. They also benefit from relationships with role models."

You see … Tommy Floyd is part of the problem, and there are millions of Tommy Floyds across the nation.

This guy never uttered a peep when his program was getting money shoveled to it under the 1965 law that funded these stupid programs in schools. And as a “former educator” he was the biggest fan of the DOE.

He never gave a damn about the shooting and archery. He just wanted the government money.

24 posted on 07/28/2023 9:57:35 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've just pissed in my pants and nobody can do anything about it." -- Major Fambrough)
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To: gundog

Smoking crack or meth does not make you fall asleep, smoking heroin/fentanyl does. We have all been gaslighted that it was just cocaine/crack.


25 posted on 07/28/2023 10:04:18 AM PDT by jpp113
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To: hanamizu

No, because the speed limit and the drinking age are related to FHWA Highway funding by the Feds. Granted, the tie to the drinking age is weak, but the fed gov does fund some stop drunk driving programs


26 posted on 07/28/2023 10:07:59 AM PDT by jpp113
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To: SJackson

Rename: Reducing cimate impact via wildlife management


27 posted on 07/28/2023 10:25:38 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: SJackson

For decades, gun control maniacs implied hunting was OK, no more I guess.


28 posted on 07/28/2023 10:27:19 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: SJackson
There are no limits to tyranny...
There is no end in sight!
29 posted on 07/28/2023 10:32:32 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: SJackson

The federal government should not be funding local schools for any reason.


30 posted on 07/28/2023 11:00:10 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: FlingWingFlyer

“1.3 million students from nearly 9,000 schools across 49 states are enrolled in archery courses.”

Wow, I’m surprised at that number.

“Some of those schools have already canceled plans to include archery or hunting education courses in their curriculum due to the Education Department guidance.”

“Guidance” — every school in America should tell these DOE bastards to Eff Off. That whole stinking department needs to be razed and heads out on pikes.

They have ZERO qualifications to provide “guidance” to our schools.


31 posted on 07/28/2023 12:01:34 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (We are proles, they are nobility.)
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To: SJackson; 6amgelsmama; 100American; AAABEST; aberaussie; AbolishCSEU; AccountantMom; Aggie Mama; ...

ANOTHER REASON TO HOMESCHOOL

This ping list is for the other articles of interest to homeschoolers about education and public school. This can occasionally be a fairly high volume list. Articles pinged to the Another Reason to Homeschool List will be given the keyword of ARTH. (If I remember. If I forget, please feel free to add it yourself)

The main Homeschool Ping List handles the homeschool-specific articles. I hold both the Homeschool Ping List and the Another Reason to Homeschool Ping list. Please freepmail me to let me know if you would like to be added to or removed from either list, or both.

The government's relentless push to disarm us.

32 posted on 07/28/2023 2:42:21 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: SJackson; metmom

Dear USA: Welcome to Maryland.

Pull your kids out.

ARTH PING.


33 posted on 07/28/2023 4:31:53 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: SJackson

Yet another reason to eliminate the Department of Education


34 posted on 07/28/2023 9:47:38 PM PDT by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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