The below is an excerpt from the NHJournal.com site. I think it is safe to say that hypocrites, or hypocritical actions, are some of the most infuriating things you can come across in life. Don’t get angry about it, share this with friends who lean more independent. Talk to your neighbors about it. Get the word out. 2 years seems a long way off but it will be here before you know it.
Seacoast state Sen. Debra Altschiller (D-Stratham) told the state Senate Education Committee that Granite State parents who want to use the Education Freedom Account (EFA) program to get the best education for their children should be forced to send them to public school for a year first. Like many opponents of the EFA program, however, Altschiller sent her own children to exclusive – and expensive — private schools out of the economic reach of the families who qualify for EFA funding. Altschiller’s bill, SB141, would only make EFA funds available for students “currently attending a New Hampshire public school for a minimum of one year, or who is entering kindergarten or first grade.” The bill has the support of all 10 Senate Democrats. Altschiller acknowledged in her testimony there are some students for whom their local, assigned public school “may not be the best fit.” But she added, “We can’t know how anything fits without first trying it. ”Using EFA funds “should require families avail themselves of the educational opportunities offered to them first,” Altschiller said. “Before opting out of the public school system, take advantage of the educational opportunities in your community provided to you.”It’s a “very simple requirement,” Altschiller insisted. But for the parent who testified immediately after Altschiller, it was anything but. James Van Nest of Dorchester, N.H. asked if he could get some clarification about how Altschiller’s bill would work for a father like him.
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