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Spendthrift Congress Expands Federal Control of Education With Omnibus Bill
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. March 24, 2018
So much for fiscal responsibility, preserving privacy, promoting federal programs that actually work, and decreasing the federal footprint in education. Congress has passed a $1.3 TRILLION spending bill that will fund the government for ONLY SIX MONTHS. The House passed it by a vote of 256-197 and the Senate by a vote of 65-32.
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Congress Trashes 4th Amendment: Bill Creates DeFacto National Database
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. December 2, 2017
Citizens nationwide who support data privacy joined together in opposing the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act (FEPA). Despite this, House Leadership caved to the wishes of Big Data and other special interests and ignored the concerns of everyday Americans.
Knowing the public does not want this bill, the House Oversight Committee, chaired by Republican Trey Gowdy, passed the bill on a voice vote. It then moved to the House where rules were suspended and the bill was jammed through on a voice vote without a written record of how each Congressman voted.
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Congress Suspends Rule: Fast Tracks Police-State Bill
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. November 13, 2017
Congress is suspending rules to fast track a bill that allows surveillance of citizens and students. This week the House will take a voice vote on a bill that will create a massive federal data clearing house to merge information which will be shared with various agencies and researchers much like that of China.
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong With A Federal Apprenticeship Program?
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. July 19, 2017 Published by Daily Caller
Promising that apprenticeships are going to be a “major factor in our country,” President Trump is leading the charge to reform the failed federally funded job-training and workforce development programs.
The recently passed H.R. 2353 reduces the role of the federal government in workforce programs. Education and the Workforce Committee ChairmanVirginia Foxx, in her FoxNews commentary, wrote that educational institutions, private companies, and community leaders must work together to create apprenticeship programs without the federal government dictating implementation.
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Trump’s Education Budget: Cuts Reduce Federal Control, Common Core
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. May 25, 2017 Texas Insider
President Donald Trump has released his full budget proposal with sweeping cuts as promised during his campaign. Since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965, the federal government has appropriated nearly $2 trillion -- 10 percent of all K-12 education spending -- to improve the educational outcomes of American students. Yet achievement gaps remain and graduation rates for disadvantaged students are stagnant.
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Congress’ Latest Police-State Bill
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. November 10, 2017 World Net Daily
If the current bipartisan legislature passes, the federal government will be able to track you throughout life using education, employment, wage, and workforce data.
There has been incremental shredding of personal privacy laws to allow access to personal data from cradle to grave.
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Workforce Reform to Make Marxist Universities Obsolete?
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. June 23, 2017 World Net Daily
“We want to make sure that we have the workforce development programs we need to ensure these jobs are being filled by American workers.” – President Donald J. Trump
President Trump is leading the charge to reform the federally funded job-training and workforce development programs to prepare Americans for the millions of available jobs. As with most central government projects, these programs have not been effective, wasting billions of taxpayer dollars and leaving many Americans struggling to find full-time employment.
That is changing with the new legislature being passed in D.C., designed to promote apprenticeships and effective workforce development programs.
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Should Texas Pass Workforce Training and D.C.-Style Education Planning?
......What’s Wrong with “Career & Technology Education and Workforce Training”
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. | May 17, 2017 Texas Insider
The Texas House passed HB 136, amending the Texas Education Code to include “career and technology education and workforce training” in the mission statement of public education.