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10thAmendment

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Given that the federal Constitution says nothing about public schools, the 10th A. automatically reserves all government power to regulate public schools to the states.
  • 10th Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
The reason that the federal government has its big nose in public school affairs today is the following. The people no longer understand that the federal government's powers are limited to those enumerated in the Constitution. As a consequence of such constitutional ignorance, the people are impotent to stop the federal government from not only interfering with public schools, and other aspects of their lives, but also from having an unwanted influence on how their children are raised.

The first step to remedying the problem of unconstitutional federal government interference in public schools, in my opinion, is to get everybody up to speed with unique state powers to regulate public education.

The next step to remedying the problem of federal government interference in public schools is for the federal government to immediately stop giving taxpayer's dollars to public schools - and appropriately lower federal taxes. Getting federal fingers out of our wallets will help communities to build the kind of public schools that they want.

Finally, arguably the important consideration concerning unwanted federal government influence in public schools is to allow God back into the classrooms. The truth of the matter is that people don't understand that the USSC's so-called separation of church and state is nothing more than an example of corrupt justices successfully legislating special-interest agendas from the bench.

More specifically, contrary to the politically correct belief that Founders forbade government power to regulate religion to both the federal and state governments, the truth of the matter is that the Founding States had actually reserved government power to regulate religion to the states, as evidenced by the 10th A., regardless that they prohibited such power entirely to the federal government. But I'll also note that the 10th A. protected power of the states to regulate religion is now limited by the honest interpretation, as opposed to the USSC's interpretation, of Sec. 1 of the 14th Amendment.

So the states have the constitutional power (10th A.) to authorize public schools to lead non-mandatory (14th A.) classroom discussions on the pros and cons of evolution, creationism and irreducible complexity, as examples, regardless that atheists, separatists, secular judges and the liberal media are wrongly misleading the people to think that doing such things in public schools is unconstitutional.

As a side note to inviting God back into the public schools, it should be up to the taxpayers of a given community to decide what religious instruction, if any, that they are willing to pay for in their local public schools.

Finally, the series of posts at the following link, although not directly addessing public schools, should help people get up to speed as to how we got ourselves into the public school mess that we've got today.
 
You aren't going to get the Federal Govt to stop taxing for schools. It's power and they won't give it up so easily.

The best way to unplug the IV is for one state to stand up and REFUSE federal funding for public schools. That will opt them out of the "federal" schooling agenda. Taking the funds puts states in the position of having to comply with the strings attached to the money. Refuse the money. THEN, the state must fight to get the money out of the federal tax pool for the citizens of that state. After all, once you aren't using the system the state can argue it's an unfair tax and fight it that way as a whole state. It would be a very interesting battle.

Of course, the the teacher unions would never, ever allow a state to back out of federal funding...their paychecks and perks, um, the kids, will suffer. :rolleyes:

Imo it's a system you have to dismantle bit by bit, one state first and others may follow.
 
You aren't going to get the Federal Govt to stop taxing for schools. It's power and they won't give it up so easily.

The best way to unplug the IV is for one state to stand up and REFUSE federal funding for public schools. That will opt them out of the "federal" schooling agenda. Taking the funds puts states in the position of having to comply with the strings attached to the money. Refuse the money. THEN, the state must fight to get the money out of the federal tax pool for the citizens of that state. After all, once you aren't using the system the state can argue it's an unfair tax and fight it that way as a whole state. It would be a very interesting battle.

Of course, the the teacher unions would never, ever allow a state to back out of federal funding...their paychecks and perks, um, the kids, will suffer. :rolleyes:

Imo it's a system you have to dismantle bit by bit, one state first and others may follow.

my state rep run spurred my parish into charter schools and refusal of federal funds.
it was part of my platform in the 2003 state election, and the local school board loved the idea.
A year later, all evangeline schools become charter, and are ran off of local taxes.
 
That's freaking awesome, Torch! I hope the results are great and spark a fire! Keep us updated on that, please. :)
 
That's freaking awesome, Torch! I hope the results are great and spark a fire! Keep us updated on that, please. :)

This is something we can accomplish across the country with everyone running for county and state seats.
Even if they don't win... if they take the time to speak to their local school boards, and present a good case for the benefits of charter schools... the idea will spread like wild-fire.
 
We have several charter schools in my town. One is a Mandarin Chinese charter school. I can say those charter schools are FAR more advanced than the regular government schools. Our problem is there are at least 4 schools eating tax dollars for adults that couldn't make it through the first time. Recently, the State of Florida cut the school budgets by millions and the school board is going crazy trying to figure out where to cut the budget. I am voting against EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM...and I want to see that stupid superintendent run out on a rail. The former sheriff of the beach has now formed a non profit called Bay Tax Foundation...and they put out advertisements exposing what is going on every time legislation comes up on more milliage rate..property tax..and guess what! We the People are voting against these half cent sales taxes for the schools etc. We recently told them to learn to work within their budgets. Of course the school board raised the milliage rates..which has now pissed off the property owners...and I bet we will see a big turn over this election. Righton. oh, HOMESCHOOL co ops are popping up around here too. Lots of homeschoolers in my town. Tones
 
The reason that the federal government has its big nose in public school affairs today is the following. The people no longer understand that the federal government's powers are limited to those enumerated in the Constitution. As a consequence of such constitutional ignorance, the people are impotent to stop the federal government from not only interfering with public schools, and other aspects of their lives, but also from having an unwanted influence on how their children are raised.

Funny enough (or not so funny), the reason the people no longer understand is because it is no longer taught...IN OUR SCHOOLS! Federalism was barely even mentioned in my AMERICAN GOVERNMENT class. 90 days...a simple definition and that is about all. Odd, considering it is the basis of our entire Constitution! People have no clue about such a thing anymore. As much as I didn't like him, at least Fred Thompson brought it up. Geez...it is vitally important to maintaining the United States of America. Otherwise, why not just be called the Tyrannical Central Government of America? The Constitution, and not just the Bill of Rights, needs to be thoroughly taught and explained. Of course the public schools won't be teaching that. How could the federal government get away with all the unconstitutional law and war making if people actually knew the Constitution...especially since it states that the federal government should have no say in education in the first place!
 
Funny enough (or not so funny), the reason the people no longer understand is because it is no longer taught...IN OUR SCHOOLS! Federalism was barely even mentioned in my AMERICAN GOVERNMENT class. 90 days...a simple definition and that is about all. Odd, considering it is the basis of our entire Constitution! People have no clue about such a thing anymore. As much as I didn't like him, at least Fred Thompson brought it up. Geez...it is vitally important to maintaining the United States of America. Otherwise, why not just be called the Tyrannical Central Government of America? The Constitution, and not just the Bill of Rights, needs to be thoroughly taught and explained. Of course the public schools won't be teaching that. How could the federal government get away with all the unconstitutional law and war making if people actually knew the Constitution...especially since it states that the federal government should have no say in education in the first place!
Good point!

Thanks for completing the loop.
 
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