More from the Senate Education Committee. The following is Senator Dave Lawson’s introductory comments on House Bill 50 from last Wednesday. I’ve always like Lawson. He is a very calm speaker, and he gets down to the nuts and bolts very fast!
Thank you very much. I appreciate the opportunity, cause the bill boils down to a simple parent obligation. Parents are obligated to look after the best interest of their children. And they will opt out, and I think it is one of those things parents have a right to do. They have a right to do a lot of things. To go to private school, or homeschool. There is no opt-out method, but this lays it out so that parents have the right under Delaware law to pull their children from Smarter Balanced. (I think Mark Murphy said “Until when” to Senator Lawson, or someone near him). Until what? Senator Townshend said the test has not been proven. So we will test out? Until the point it’s not of any value. So just to continue to hammer our children with more and more tests, more stress, is unjust and should not be allowed.
The Season Of Myths 