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The Justice Department is trying to stop a school vouchers program in Louisiana that attempts to help families send their children to independent schools instead of under-performing public schools.The agency wants to stop the program, led by Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal, in any school district that remains under a desegregation court order.In papers filed in U.S. District Court in New Orleans, the agency said Louisiana distributed vouchers in 2012-13 to roughly 570 public school students in districts that are still under such orders and that "many of those vouchers impeded the desegregation process."The federal government argues that allowing students to attend independent schools under the voucher system could create a racial imbalance in public school systems protected by desegregation orders.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, K-State fans could have beheaded the entire KU team at midcourt, and K-State fans would be celebrating it this morning. They are the ISIS of Big 12 fanbases.
I'm not a libtard but, what is stopping the parents from sending their children to the independent schools now?
Quote from: Unruly on August 26, 2013, 02:30:14 PMI'm not a libtard but, what is stopping the parents from sending their children to the independent schools now?cost
What if you don't like the idea of vouchers in the first place?
Quote from: 8manpick on August 26, 2013, 02:32:51 PMWhat if you don't like the idea of vouchers in the first place?This. I'm not at all versed on the subject, but what is the point of school vouchers if public school is available?
Meanwhile D.C. elites including our pres continue to send their children to private schools.I believe Jimmy Carter was the last president to send his child to public K-12 schools while in DC.
The U.S. Department of Justice is attempting to block a portion of a school voucher program in Louisiana, arguing that vouchers issued in some districts "impeded the desegregation process."The department filed a lawsuit on Saturday seeking a permanent injunction to stop the state from awarding vouchers to students who attend schools located in districts that are still under federal desegregation orders.The voucher program, officially called the Louisiana Scholarship Program, was created in New Orleans in 2008 and expanded to the rest of the state in 2012. It gives financial assistance to low-income families who want to transfer their students out of failing schools.Of the 5,000 vouchers distributed last year, 91 percent went to minority students. The state is expected to issue another 8,000 vouchers for the coming school year.The Justice Department's lawsuit claims that allowing students to leave failing schools for private schools upsets the racial balance that the desegregation laws were created to maintain.Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said in a released statement that the federal filing is "shameful" and that President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder are trying to trap students in failing public schools."It's the latest example of government trying to tell parents that they know best," Jindal said. "This action highlights the fundamental disregard of the federal government for the rights of parents to make choices for their children."Jindal said the voucher program is a "moral imperative" and that parents should be able to decide where their children attend school.If the Justice Department's lawsuit is successful, 34 school systems could be affected for the 2014-15 school year.The voucher system has been controversial since it was expanded to the entire state and has already had several lawsuits filed against it.In May, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that the state could not use funds dedicated to public education to pay for the vouchers. The court did not rule on the educational quality of the programs, however."Not only was the voucher program patently unconstitutional, but it placed children into schools without adequate oversight and with no assurance of quality instruction," said Louisiana Federation of Teachers President Steve Monaghan, in a released statement.
I'm confused. So, I'm racist if I'm for it and I'm racist if I'm against it?
Quote from: CFoD on August 26, 2013, 07:41:32 PMI'm confused. So, I'm racist if I'm for it and I'm racist if I'm against it?Quite the Hobson's choice, eh modtard?
Quote from: CFoD on August 26, 2013, 07:41:32 PMI'm confused. So, I'm racist if I'm for it and I'm racist if I'm against it?Moderates, like myself, can figure this out on their own. I highlighted the facts in the article for the libtards.
Quote from: john "teach me how to" dougie on August 26, 2013, 07:56:31 PMQuote from: CFoD on August 26, 2013, 07:41:32 PMI'm confused. So, I'm racist if I'm for it and I'm racist if I'm against it?Moderates, like myself, can figure this out on their own. I highlighted the facts in the article for the libtards.I've noticed some moderate tendencies in you, jthtd. Except you seem to have more disdain for libtards than neotards. True moderates, like sd, dislike both sides equally.
