In my last post "Your Public Education money at Work-For Private Business" I ended by stating I had emailed State Senator Wayne Harper a copy of the post, and would post his response. Here, verbatim, is his response; it is posted with his permission:
Yes Bob, I do read all my emails, not my intern nor a machine. I appreciate your email and your concerns. Feelings are intense from all positions on this bill. The substitute bill that passed the House did make significant improvements, especially in accountability, testing, auditing and qualifications. Likewise, for anyone whose child receives a scholarship, the local property taxes stay with the local school and school district as does about 20% of the WPU allocation for the student. The other 80% is portable. The 2022 bill failed because it had flaws. I continue to listen to each call and read each email to acquire more information and positions.
I thank Senator Harper for responding, and for is permission to post his response.
My best efforts, and your, notwithstanding, this unacceptable bill has now passed the Senate and is headed to Governor Cox's desk for signature.
Please join me in calling/emailing the Governor to oppose this bill, the phone number is 801-538-1000; to send a comment to the Governor, go here: https://cs.utah.gov/s/submit. I could not find a valid publicemail address for Governor Cox.
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R. M. "Bob" Hartman
Senator Harper,
ReplyDeleteI call red herring. Is the issue really about accountability or should it be why those attempting to make law respecting the establishment of tax payer funded religious institutions don't recognize the threat that represents to every American's freedom of religious liberty?