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Do you want … Education for Individual Liberty and Freedom or “School Choice”?

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Education for Individual Liberty and Freedom:

Parents’ fundamental authority to direct the care and upbringing of their child shall not be infringed.

“School Choice”:

ONLY the “choice” as to where EVERY child receives his GOVERNMENT education.

Let’s take a look at just one bill that organizations that tout “limited government” and “personal liberty” are pushing through the 2022 Kansas legislature.

Substitute for House Bill 2615

THIRTY pages long.  Does that appear to be immediately indicative of “limited government?”

New Sections 1 through 17 (10 pages long!) is titled the student “empowerment” act.

Parents and schools making the “choice” to participate are treated to:

1.      INDIVIDUAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS on EACH child.

The government directly attached to EACH child.

GROWS GOVERNMENT administrative functions.

DIRECTLY ties GOVERNMENT MONEY to EACH child.

               Are we not presently experiencing how government funding is being used to mandate injections?

2.      The GOVERNMENT defining student eligibility requirements.

3.      The GOVERNMENT defining qualifying schools.

KANSAS TAXPAYER MONIES funding non-Kansas education?

KANSAS Taxpayers funding national/regional accredited education.

REDUCED Kansas Taxpayer REPRESENTATION.

4.      The PARENTAL placement of EACH child under the GOVERNMENT IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.)

5.      The GOVERNMENT defining “allowable” uses of monies.

Any “un-allowable” uses of monies may result in loss of student eligibility.

Parents must repay any expenditures deemed to be non-allowable.

Schools must return any unused monies to the GOVERNMENT.

6.      The GOVERNMENT defining “responsibilities of a parent.”

7.      GOVERNMENT process to appeal decisions.

Wait!  What?!

Parents are not just given government money for their child’s education?

Parents are not just given government money to “choose” how to educate their child?

Does the government money “following the child” really mean that the parents just get to choose which government approved/controlled school that their child may attend?

8.      The GOVERNMENT deciding whether EACH child is “eligible” from year to year.

9.      The PARENT signing a WRITTEN AGREEMENT (contract?) with the GOVERNMENT.

10.  PARENTS and SCHOOLS reporting information to the GOVERNMENT.

The GOVERNMENT will conduct AUDITS of the accounts, thereby auditing PARENTS AND SCHOOLS.

The GOVERNMENT will conduct annual random audits of the qualifying PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

The ATTORNEY GENERAL may be notified of any MISUSE OF MONIES by a qualifying PRIVATE SCHOOL.

11.  Being included in ANNUAL GOVERNMENT REPORTING that includes the NAMES OF STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS.

New Sections 19 through 26 (10 pages long!) requires school districts to establish policies to accept students from outside the school district.

These sections establish “open enrollment” in Kansas.

School districts are MANDATED to establish policies to actively accept students residing outside the school district.

Residents of local school districts vote on bond and other taxes for school districts.

Residents of local school districts remit taxes for the support of their local district schools.

Residents of local school districts vote for local school board members.

This bill ELIMINATES LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.

Local taxpayer moneys will be required to financially support students who do not reside in the school district.

Local school boards will not reflect the students who attend the schools.

This bill ABOLISHES local school districts and LOCAL REPRESENTATION connected to local taxes.

Call To Action HB2016

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UPDATE:  Yesterday, the Kansas House voted OVERWHELMINGLY FOR the Covid-19 Response Plan (i.e. HB 2016).  Yeas: 107, Nays: 12  http://www.kslegislature.org/li_2020s/b2020s/measures/vote_view/je_20200603210950_181372/

The bill is NOW in the Senate Judiciary committee.  The following committee members NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU.

Chair

Vice Chair

Ranking Minority Member

Members

As well, contact YOUR Senator and Senate LEADERSHIP, as well as any many HOUSE LEGISLATORS that voted in support of HB 2016.

WHAT TO DO?

*Send emails.

*Leave messages.

*Some will call you back; some won’t.

*Be very clear as to the importance of NOT “balancing” or “compromising” or “reaching across the aisle” when it comes to your INHERENT INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS.

There is NEVER a justified basis for infringement of innate individual rights as is protected by the Constitution.  NO “balancing” the safety/health with the rights of individuals.

My health information is PERSONAL and PRIVATE.

NO person or interest beyond my personal doctor should have any of my health information.

NO person should be inquiring as to my whereabouts or associations.  EVER.

Anything not conforming to these principles will NOT BE COMPLIED with.

Again, VOTE AGAINST this bill.

Stop insulting Kansans by voting to allow the government to infringe on our innate rights that are protected by the Constitution.

Remind your representative/senator that he SWORE to uphold and defend the Constitution.

Kansans’ ability and right to worship, freely move about, provide for themselves and their families, operate a business, and have privacy and anonymity in their associations, personal information, and doings must NOT be infringed.

Tracking Your Kids All Summer Long

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Blue Valley USD229 in the Kansas City, KS, area is often a spring board for what other districts in Kansas will soon try themselves. Therefore, Kansas parents should be watchful for this coming down the pike. If your school, like Blue Valley, already has this, then it’s time to return the device and contact your local administration, and all Kansans should contact their Kansas representatives to express concerns and to tell the legislator to stop funding these things.

Kansas TAXPAYERS FOOTING THE COST of supplying kids technology devices – not just for school, but for outside school … including the SUMMER months’ break: “students will be taking their district-provided devices home with them over the summer break.”

(At the end, are two communications from the Blue Valley school district.)

The school district assumes the SUPERIOR AUTHORITY over the parent, first by directing only one possibility (NO CHOICE) of the student/parent having and using the devices over summer break, and then by DIRECTING PARENTS how to interact with their own child and instructing of a weekly action that must be taken. The school district even places its own expectations to be those of the parent.

· Prior to the end of school, we want to encourage parents to speak with their children about expectations related to technology use over the summer, as well as remind students of proper care for these devices …

· We encourage you to speak with your child about your expectations related to technology use over the summer, as well as remind students of proper care for these devices

· We want to communicate a protocol that all students and staff should make part of their MBA routine: RESTART THE DEVICE ON MONDAY MORNINGS

ALL SUMMER LONG, the school district will be monitoring and tracking both the device and any usage 24/7.

Will my child’s district-provided device continued to be filtered over the summer?

Yes – all district-provided devices are protected 24/7 by our cloud-based filter, Securly, both at school and beyond.

The school district refers to the Orwellian program, Securly, as a “filter.” It does much more than sift or strain. The school and the providers OWN ALL THE DATA, not the student or parent. (The following detail has not been communicated to parents.)

1. It tracks the device 24/7.

2. It amasses data:

a. Location

b. All actions/keystrokes made by a student

i. Length of time visiting a website

ii. Links clicked

iii. Messages sent or posted

c. Info on the student’s PERSONAL computing device

i. Browser type and browser language

ii. Operating system

iii. IP address

d. Websites visited (including Gmail monitoring)

e. Uses cookies, web beacons and other tech to collect usage information

3. It applies analytics and AI to the data:

a. Looks for and flags social media for any signs of bullying or self-harm

b. Creates a DIGITAL FOOTPRINT on every student

c. Analysts – with PSYCHOLOGY backgrounds, analyze the content and context of student usage

d. Determines whether a student is playing games or doing homework

e. Google Analytics, etc.

4. It provides schools with data and alerts

a. ALERTS SCHOOL personnel if “self-harm” is detected

b. Works with school personnel on “how to proceed”

5. It provides parents with data on their children

a. Usage reports

b. Parents are encouraged to sign up with the Securly parent portal

c. Parent usage of Securly is also tracked and analyzed, as well

Parents not only DO NOT direct what happens with their children at school.

Now, they are NOT the determiners of what happens with their children outside of school.

The school district offers no options to parents in regard to whether their own children have and use technology devices.

AND — look at the email wording!!!! The-BVH-Family!!!!!!!

Per an information technology professional:

You’re asking my opinion about a company that deliberately misspells a word to create their company name and then sells that product to schools?

There are a ton of concerns in the privacy policy.

EVERY piece of your kid’s internet usage will be collected/owned and monitored by the school system and all its partners (providers, the state education system, etc.)

I wouldn’t use this product in a million years.

Parents can expect phone calls from schools/authorities asking why their kid is going to certain websites, or communicating/messaging in “unacceptable” ways, or worse.

But, if you’re a parent that wants The State to parent and control your kids – have at it.

The attack on parent authority and families continues to be unveiled. It will only grow, unless parents refuse to comply with this.

LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS and EDUCATION “INTERESTS” strongly and intentionally lobby state legislators regarding lack of funding and support lawsuits against the state for inadequate funding. In fact, the school districts push to burden every citizen (and business) with higher and higher taxes in order to MONITOR and CONTROL EVERY PART OF PEOPLE’S LIVES. In this case, the lives of CHILDREN.

These are NOT attributes of a society of FREEDOM or LIBERTY.