What are your views on children education at the high school level?

2014-08-19T17:03:36-04:00

Should the federal government have a say so , or should we go by the 10th amendment ?

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 19 at 2014 5:23 PM

2014-08-19T17:23:47-04:00

I think you may be misapplying the 10th amendment here. There isn't a clash.

First, the legal justification for the constitutionality of federal education programs is under the Commerce clause, thus making it not in conflict with the 10th Amendment. The reason for that is that the fed sets standards for education and make compliance with them a condition of receiving federal funding. States can decide to go it alone, but they wouldn't be able to afford it. It's the same way that the fed controls highway speeds and the national drinking age by tying it to federal highway funding.

Second, private and home school options are available everywhere. In most jurisdictions, they are held to little standards at all, and in some places no standards at all. Options are out there in droves.

Third, the government (local, state, and fed) has a specific interest in setting education standards and in making said education available to the widest degree possible. There is the inherent benefit of having an educated populace, but also the value to the economy of having a workforce derived from a pool with a good foundation of education. There's also the broadcasting factor that standards allow, which permits a diploma from most public schools to be considered at least roughly on par with each other. And don't forget that, as weak as the standards are (I think they should be much stronger), without them we would be slipping further and faster into international irrelevance in education.

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2021-03-03T06:54:25-05:00

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Response by LTC Jason Mackay made Mar 19 at 2022 3:16 PM

2022-03-19T15:16:40-04:00

A large swath of funding in education is federal. The largest piece comes from the state.

The federal dollars are generally intended for programs, not least of which is subsidizing school lunch programs. Without them, school districts can not make ends meet. While federal dollars are dedicated for certain programs it frees up the state dollars to use as they will, like for facilities and compensation. Compensation is the largest expense in a school district.

Have you look at your local school districts annual budget, shortfalls and capital plan? You’ll see where those federal dollars go. I’ve been a District level administrator and now a classroom teacher. The federal “burden” on classroom instruction is hardly perceptible from my foxhole.