So for me accountability isnt just numbers, its not just a transparency. Is not information. We cant label the problem. Problem. We have to do something about it. This is stepping in when children need something better. We need to be held accountable. That to me is what a true accountability is. The issue of adequate and equitable funding is a big issue for this overrides community, for the urban league. I the opportunity to serve on the commission that looked at the issue. Paint a picture of where we are when it comes to the lack of equitable funding. What does it really mean . Once the picture . What do you see from where you sit . Its devastating. We us of article as a nation, marc. Folks a note on the k12 side federal money is like eight to 12 , half the money comes from states and 40 at the local level. Look across the nation, i go back to my home in chicago, we got less than half the money each year than wealthier suburbs four or five miles north of us along lake michigan. Think
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
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