Friday, August 02, 2013

Nixon to educators: HB 253 would starve our public schools

In this speech at the 52nd annual Cooperative Conference for School Admnistrators this week, Gov. Jay Nixon continued his battle against HB 253.

Nixon referred to HB 253 as a "reckless experiment cooked up, in my opinion, by a few special interests, bankrolled by one very wealthy individual."

The governor labeled HB 253 as an attack "that would starve our public schools."

The people, including the unnamed Rex Sinquefield, who are pushing HB 253, Nixon said, are the same ones who have pushed unsuccessful efforts in recent years to take tax money out of public schools and put it into private schools, take away local control of school districts, and demonize teachers.




5 comments:

Shorter Rations 4 Retards said...

Well, maybe the public school system needs to be put on short rations, or maybe even defunded altogether.

Looks like Jay Nixon should get a ration cut as well.

Hope that the General Assembly overturns Jaybird's veto.

Anonymous said...

amen

Anonymous said...

But Common Core and all the federal programs don't take away local control?

Anonymous said...

Dear Shorter Rations for Retards,

Your chosen name alone is why I detest the Republican party and its hateful members. You know little but you judge freely. I bet you go to worship regularly and pat yourself on the back for it, too.

Hatefulness is grotesque. Try using some facts and building an argument. If you can.

Anonymous said...

Looking at what has happened to the Joplin School District under "local control," it's hard to argue that's the way to go, either.