Fremont County School Council against State legislation – Wyoming News now

The Riverton-Shepa bills passing through Wyoming’s legislation has raised the hackers of public education leaders, who worry that the measures will destroy the financing of K-12 and will introduce less than qualified teachers.

On Tuesday, members of the River Board sounded.

The Council will prepare a formal letter in contrast to Bill 100, “K-12 non-certified staff”, which allows the areas to abandon the requirement of teachers and administrators to be certified.

And several executives have said that an expanded school vouchers bill can eternate school funding if approved.

“This is one of those years you are afraid of, hopefully, (is) something in a century of a century,” noted the longtime member of the board Carl Manning, both local and national educational initiatives.

“I understand where they come from. I understand the point of view. I disagree with this, but I don’t think they do it to be evil or vindictive. I think this is a true basic belief in their belief system and they work from it, “he said. “There is an attack on public education; This is a national attack.

“This lasts for years and years,” Manning added. “He is planned, he is programmed and the people who believe in him are marching to this tune. It is simply a fact of education that this country has completely fallen into the path of this movement. “

HB 100, “K-12 non-certified staff”

Initially, the board was planned to discuss whether to prepare a letter officially opposed HB 100, which loosens the requirements of teachers and the administrator.

Teachers and administrators must currently be certified by the Council for Standards for Professional Teachers in Wyoming; According to the bill, people aged 18 and more would be entitled to such positions after passing a criminal examination.

But before the school council meeting on January 28, board members voted via an email poll on January 25th.

The advice “ratified” this email voted during his meeting on Tuesday. The official votes should be taken during publicly noticed meetings and the votes by email are illegal.

Council members urged citizens to contact local legislators regarding the proposal.

Board member Jody Ray said she had several such conversations.

“I repeated as much as I could that if you wanted to have an entrance, you should ask for it,” she said. “And I just would like to encourage our community to pay attention to what is happening locally, legislatively … so they taught me to look at things, from a local teacher here I had as the government class, Ron Tone. He said that the most important position you can pay attention to is at home. “

HB 199, “Wyoming Freedom Scholarship Law

This bill will expand the existing school vouchers program to provide families from an income level of $ 7,000 per child, which can be used for private school training or home learning expenses.

Schools funded by legislation will not be subject to standardized testing.

Board member Lori Morow said he was watching the legislative session unfolded and was heard by legislators who go back to the bills and try to train new selected leaders.

“It was very hearing,” she said. “At the same time, there are not enough of them.”

She said the sum of $ 7,000 was simply torn out of thin air and was not based on any real cost estimate and it deals with the idea that the government would fund these alternatives to non -public schools without providing supervision or accountability.

“It’s just the worst thing I’ve seen,” she said. “There is just the feeling that they are just tilted to destroy many things and it’s very desperate for me, as I’m lifelong wyomingite.”

Manning pointed out a $ 7,000 voucher as rented funds from public school, along with other legislative efforts that will destroy the funding of public schools.

“These things are the basic things that continued us; They held us, ”he said. “[If] You break them down, it will take years to recover. “

Manning said there was nothing wrong with supporting home school opportunities for families.

“But when you start to break away from public education, that’s another story,” he said. “And this is something that on the way, if it goes a lot, starts to damage our schools. … When you start financing a home school, it becomes a state agency and as a government agency must have some control. If we take money from our students, this is not good for us. “

Manning said she was aimed at Cheen for a chance to meet legislators and suggest tips on how to approach problems.

“We have to talk to them the way it is polite, but they should know that we also have some basic beliefs and will try to work with them, but do not destroy us,” he said.

“We’re all together,” Ray added. “Or we should be.”