...the Texas Legislature is back in session. Will they...
Further disenfranchise Democrats?
Kick more kids off health insurance?
Outlaw the mention of sexual intercourse in high school health courses?
It's hard to say. The more vigilant the "sane majority" of Texans are, the more effective we'll be in terms of damage control.
The Texas Freedom Network is doing their part to kick the session off right with a preemptive push back against the vouchers movement. Check out their action alert below.
TAKE ACTION!
Voucher supporters are poised to act quickly in this legislative session, especially with the strong encouragement they have received from legislative leadership. Our voices must be stronger and our numbers larger if we are to defeat vouchers and other legislation that would weaken our neighborhood schools. Contact your state representative and state senator NOW and tell them that you oppose efforts to pass ANY private school voucher program. Go to http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/fyi/fyi.htm to identify your legislators. When you contact them, tell them why vouchers are bad for Texas:
- Private school vouchers will drain dollars from public schools.
- Our schools are already in desperate need of funding and that is the priority for your community. To drain funds from already financially strapped neighborhood schools at a time like this would deny your community’s values and hurt Texas schoolchildren.
- A pilot voucher program targeted at large urban school districts like Houston and Dallas would do nothing to help cash-strapped schools in small towns and rural areas. In fact, it could make things worse by shrinking the total pool of state funds available for all schools.
- The state should focus on providing ALL Texas teachers and students the resources they need to succeed. Diverting money from schools that serve all children to aid a few students who might be accepted to private schools is simply bad public policy.
Posted by sarah at January 11, 2005 12:18 PM | TrackBack