After hours of listening to the RPT @TexasGOP committee deliberate and try to shrink the number of issues on the platform, they finally allowed public testimony around 10:00 pm. I suggested we put School Choice™️ at the VERY BOTTOM since it was too late to kick it out altogether. School Choice™️ keeps us from addressing the most important issues in Texas. @FamiliesEngaged My next suggestion was to define strings : Accountability measures - testing Accreditation - control teachers - hiring - eliminates God and religious freedom Accounting - where the money goes Academic - controlling what is taught Alignment - UNESCO, WEF, global standards with all children on devices learning the same junk Access - what better way to access those outside the system (private/home) than to dangle the money? Administration - Certified Education Assistance Org (CEAO) Astroturf Always follow the money…

Let’s be Frank!

Good grief! Why don’t you ask @TPPF why they don’t go after that? @MaryDunlaphome and I did. They never mentioned where the other 60% is really going. Not a peep about edtech vendors, consultants and harmful devices (which they support!). And no mention of TEA money laundering. There’s your low-hanging fruit to return to taxpayers for “educational freedom.”

This was written by @AndyHopperTX for @TexasScorecard in 2022: “In the midst of this shift, there is a move afoot to scam Texans with a voucher plan that, at first glance, would seem to help homeschooling and private schooling parents, but will inevitably destroy the movement. “Vouchers” or “Educational Savings Accounts” (ESA) will ultimately bait parents to allow government to first collect tax dollars from citizens, and then graciously return that money if the parents agree to use “approved” curriculum and services. The state is still sovereign, creating the rules and regulations that parents must follow in order to have their tax dollars returned to them so they can “educate their children in whatever manner they see fit.” This is ironic since they would have to follow the government’s rules instead of having the right to make their own decisions about their children’s education. It is nearly the exact same strategy that the federal government has taken to destroy public education in the first place, by stealing money from the states, and then extorting local districts by offering them federal dollars if they agree to abide by the federal standards put in place by the Department of Education. Districts are forced to sink to the lowest common denominator of mediocrity in a one-size-fits-all system.”

RT @RebeccaMeals: The money isn’t following the child though. This isn’t what we voted for. SB2 is a completely different program. Bait and…

RT @nickitruesdell: If this bill is so amazing, and so popular with voters, why do they need ads? 🤨

RT @JimGBoyle: Once again billionaires are trying to get school vouchers across the finish line. The Club for Growth is going to spend up t…

RT @Homeschool_LLC: Despite the globalist doublespeak,“Universal and compulsory” means State control - and not you. UNESCO’s vehicle is vo…

RT @RebeccaMeals: @KeresaForTexas But the funding isn’t following students. It’s an entitlement program. I’m a homeschooler and these ESAs…

RT @bXsurf: @lynnsdavenport @Texan1283 @brianeharrison @DLoesch @UNESCO This needs to happen! @DLoesch please do this!

RT @hanes_tracy1776: @lynnsdavenport @Texan1283 @brianeharrison @DLoesch @UNESCO Lynn to TxLege: “can we get an audit of Texas Education Ag…

@nickitruesdell @ShelleyLuther They are all spenders.

RT @nickitruesdell: @ShelleyLuther Homeschooler since 1983. My family was also in the fight before THSC and HSLDA. Shelley ran on small gov…

That ballot language was vague and not the same as the actual bills. The devil is in the details. The RPT platform is not vague. It clearly states “with no strings attached” and that “we oppose regulations on homeschooling.” SB 2 is a terrible expansion of government and overreach and will cost taxpayers more than just dollars. Why would we flee the public schools and all of the issues imposed on them with STAAR, curriculum, and other experimental reforms only to accept government regulated School Choice™️ which imposes the same? Shelley says we eat our own? What about her highest donor and our governor going after incumbents in our party solely on this issue? She should eat those words.

RT @MaryDunlaphome: @RossSchumann @Woodyboy2020 @GINGERDRUSSELL @hanes_tracy1776 @lynnsdavenport @RealCandaceO @brianeharrison @pat_huff @h…

RT @Woodyboy2020: @ShelleyLuther @pjakcoker_patty 📙📙📙📙📙 💰 The idea that you can simply choose not to take the money is meant to distract y…

That’s a false dilemma fallacy that if I oppose ESAs and the growth of the comptroller and TEA, I must be like Gene Wu. They pulled that crap on me during covid…if I oppose masks and vaccines, I want to k|ll grandma… Why do you support a $4.55B vendor bill and the layers of bureaucracy that will change the landscape of private and homeschooling? Where’s your common sense? The bill is not conservative and goes against our party priorities and principles. Read the bill.

@SSimpsonrose Ma’am…live in the Deep State of Dallas…

This is a nod to vouchers and virtual ed. King is being rewarded for his allegiance to the plan.

@SSimpsonrose Ma’am… I live in the deep state of Dallas…

@MonicaHamiltonJ @ZebraStrongMama @ShelleyLuther School Choice is a litmus test. Where you stand on it is everything. That’s why our governor has prioritized it over everything else.