Being here today. Today wouldve r3rd Milton Friedmans 10 birthday. He is considered the father of the modern day School Choice movement. And what a movement it has become. Today, 59 private School Choice programs operate in 28 states and right here in the district of columbia. These options, whether vouchers, tuition tax credit scholarship programs, or Education Savings Accounts which we are here to discuss today provide families the opportunity to choose schools and learning options that meet their childs individual and unique learning needs. Instead of being assigned to a school based on where their parents live, these models of School Choice free people and children from assignment by zip co policies that bind them to a neighborhoodde. As friedman said, School Choice ensures children are free to choose and 1955, he first outlined his concept of free School Vouchers. In his essay friedman posited government administers the schools is neither required by the financing of education nor
I think it seems to me we all have agreement that we need to fix it, even within the department. And professor light, you made a comment that i think is very important, something im concerned with. We could work real hard, have all of these intensive negotiations, Everything Else, but it doesnt seem like its that difficult to me. I think that the money were spending now we need to come up with a simple fix. Not a 100 dollar saddle on a 10 horse. For those involved in this, keep it simple and get it done quickly. We need to get the Inspector Generals back to the point where they can do their job, a very important job that theyve done very well for many years. Thank you, mr. Chair. Before i ask questions i know that senator leahy has questions in writing to both panels. Expect that, and maybe from the other members that arent here. Whats the normal time that we wait . Up to one week well take questions for answer in writing. Youve all had a chance to read the oic opinion and hear the tes
And mission of a lutheran church. This was integrally related to the church itself. The question was, the scrap tire program that was used allegedly to replace dangerous pebbled Craig Lowndes playgrounds with rubberized tires, whether a religious group could be required to be admitted to a program to receive compensation for this redo of their playground. Although it was called the playground case, for many of us, it is a lot more significant than that because it raises the question, can the United States thatme court order states want to protect the conscience of its people and protected zone treasury against distributing funding to churches, can they be ordered to be included in a program that is available to other people . The Supreme Court majority said, yes, no problem with that. Justice sotomayor are wrote a thisclear dissent saying is way more significant than just about playgrounds, it is about whether churches, for the first time in American History, can actually get tax dolla
Remind our viewers about the dispute over a playground that ended up in the Supreme Court. Guest it was a dispute over a playground that was owned and controlled and called a ministry and mission of a lutheran church. This was integrally related to the church itself. The question was, the scrap tire program that was used allegedly to replace dangerous pebbled Craig Lowndes playgrounds with rubberized tires, whether a religious group could be required to be admitted to a program to receive compensation for this redo of their playground. Although it was called the playground case, for many of us, it is a lot more significant than that because it raises the question, can the United States thatme court order states want to protect the conscience of its people and protected zone treasury against distributing funding to churches, can they be ordered to be included in a program that is available to other people . The Supreme Court majority said, yes, no problem with that. Justice sotomayor ar
Grant felt if he ran for president it would have been because of conklin and he could have been the de facto president. Grants presidency, he was not a particularly strong president. And particularly when you look at reconstruction during this period, a lot of problems. When you look at corruption during his period, when people look back on corrupt presidencies, they jump out with grant and harding as the ones that lead the list there. An ill grant weakened by bad health and would not have been a strong figure elected. He wanted to block blaine. He just wanted to make sure blaine didnt get. Could you explain more about how he could be serving microphone, please. How he could be serving in the civil war and being elected to congress but he cant be there . Did that happen a lot . How did that work . The answer is yes, it did. Not a lot, but anyone can be elected to congress if you are a hey, just look down the block. Anyone can be elected to congress as long as they are 25 years of age a