| From: | shadowrn@*********.com (shadowrn@*********.com) |
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| Subject: | And now, for my NEXT trick.....Education in 206x! (LONG!) |
| Date: | Mon Jun 11 19:50:01 2001 |
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In a message dated 6/11/01 3:37:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
rtomasso@*******.com writes:
There is already a trend for pulling kids out of public schools, which
is only gonna accelerate. There'll be less federal involvement until
everything goes back to the states, and we may even see a total local/
privatized system of primary education. Certainly in the CAS, probably
to a lesser extent in the UCAS and CFS.
------
(Back to oldtime AOL 6, so quoting's dead again, folks) Perhaps.
However, and this is something a lot of people forget. In...every state
constitution, there's a line like this:
SECTION IV
1. The Legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a
thorough and efficient system of free public schools for the instruction of
all the children in the State between the ages of five and eighteen years.
2. The fund for the support of free public schools, and all money,
stock and other property, which may hereafter be appropriated for that
purpose, or received into the treasury under the provisions of any law
heretofore passed to augment the said fund, shall be securely invested, and
remain a perpetual fund; and the income thereof, except so much as it may be
judged expedient to apply to an increase of the capital, shall be annually
appropriated to the support of free public schools, and for the equal benefit
of all the people of the State; and it shall not be competent, except as
hereinafter provided, for the Legislature to borrow, appropriate or use the
said fund or any part thereof for any other purpose, under any pretense
whatever. The bonds of any school district of this State, issued according to
law, shall be proper and secure investments for the said fund and, in
addition, said fund, including the income therefrom and any other moneys duly
appropriated to the support of free public schools may be used in such manner
as the Legislature may provide by law to secure the payment of the principal
of or interest on bonds or notes issued for school purposes by counties,
municipalities or school districts or for the payment or purchase of any such
bonds or notes or any claims for interest thereon. Article VIII, Section IV,
paragraph 2 amended effective December 4, 1958.
3. The Legislature may, within reasonable limitations as to distance
to be prescribed, provide for the transportation of children within the ages
of five to eighteen years inclusive to and from any school.
(That's NJ Constitution, Article VIII, Section IV)
Every, and I mean *every* state in the US has that. I doubt it would
change. Around here, it's become a big issue. What does public school mean?
Well, here's one definition, written by me, based off conversations with
school officials, a state senator who happens to chair the Education
committee there, and others:
1. It has to be funded by the public. Primarily, this is, in NJ,
through property taxes, though that might change.
2. The executive body (ie, the school board) has to be elected by the
public.
3. Corps can't run schools, except for charter schools (which don't
count as public schools).
4. Except for unique situations such as special education, the schools
must have their administrative control placed in a local or, in special
cases, county school board (county board is for things like vocational
schools). Special education gets monitored by the state directly when not run
by the local schools.
Thus, Rich....I doubt you'll see such a flight, which in any case is
exaggerated hugely. Most parents, and most kids, will stick with the public
schools.
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated
6/11/01 3:37:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
<BR>rtomasso@*******.com writes:
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>There is already a trend for pulling kids out of public schools, which
<BR>is only gonna accelerate. There'll be less federal involvement until
<BR>everything goes back to the states, and we may even see a total local/
<BR>privatized system of primary education. Certainly in the CAS, probably
<BR>to a lesser extent in the UCAS and CFS.
<BR>------
<BR>
<BR> (Back to oldtime
AOL 6, so quoting's dead again, folks) Perhaps.
<BR>However, and this is something a lot of people forget. In...every state
<BR>constitution, there's a line like this:
<BR>
<BR>SECTION IV
<BR> 1. The Legislature
shall provide for the maintenance and support of a
<BR>thorough and efficient system of free public schools for the instruction of
<BR>all the children in the State between the ages of five and eighteen years.
<BR> 2. The fund for the
support of free public schools, and all money,
<BR>stock and other property, which may hereafter be appropriated for that
<BR>purpose, or received into the treasury under the provisions of any law
<BR>heretofore passed to augment the said fund, shall be securely invested, and
<BR>remain a perpetual fund; and the income thereof, except so much as it may be
<BR>judged expedient to apply to an increase of the capital, shall be annually
<BR>appropriated to the support of free public schools, and for the equal benefit
<BR>of all the people of the State; and it shall not be competent, except as
<BR>hereinafter provided, for the Legislature to borrow, appropriate or use the
<BR>said fund or any part thereof for any other purpose, under any pretense
<BR>whatever. The bonds of any school district of this State, issued according to
<BR>law, shall be proper and secure investments for the said fund and, in
<BR>addition, said fund, including the income therefrom and any other moneys duly
<BR>appropriated to the support of free public schools may be used in such manner
<BR>as the Legislature may provide by law to secure the payment of the principal
<BR>of or interest on bonds or notes issued for school purposes by counties,
<BR>municipalities or school districts or for the payment or purchase of any such
<BR>bonds or notes or any claims for interest thereon. Article VIII, Section IV,
<BR>paragraph 2 amended effective December 4, 1958.
<BR> 3. The Legislature
may, within reasonable limitations as to distance
<BR>to be prescribed, provide for the transportation of children within the ages
<BR>of five to eighteen years inclusive to and from any school.
<BR>
<BR> (That's NJ
Constitution, Article VIII, Section IV)
<BR>
<BR> Every, and I mean
*every* state in the US has that. I doubt it would
<BR>change. Around here, it's become a big issue. What does public school mean?
<BR>Well, here's one definition, written by me, based off conversations with
<BR>school officials, a state senator who happens to chair the Education
<BR>committee there, and others:
<BR> 1. It has to be
funded by the public. Primarily, this is, in NJ,
<BR>through property taxes, though that might change.
<BR> 2. The executive
body (ie, the school board) has to be elected by the
<BR>public.
<BR> 3. Corps can't run
schools, except for charter schools (which don't
<BR>count as public schools).
<BR> 4. Except for
unique situations such as special education, the schools
<BR>must have their administrative control placed in a local or, in special
<BR>cases, county school board (county board is for things like vocational
<BR>schools). Special education gets monitored by the state directly when not run
<BR>by the local schools.
<BR>
<BR> Thus, Rich....I
doubt you'll see such a flight, which in any case is
<BR>exaggerated hugely. Most parents, and most kids, will stick with the public
<BR>schools.</FONT></HTML>
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