House Bill 50 w/SA 2 and SA3 has passed the Delaware Senate and will now go back to the Delaware House of Representatives for another vote due to the two amendments.
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I am a proud parent of a son with Tourette's Syndrome and several other co-morbidities. I write on this blog to educate other parents so they know a bit more about not only special education, but all the really bad things that are happening with public schools in Delaware and the USA. We are all in this together, and if our children aren't able to advocate for themselves it's up to us parents! We need to stop letting companies run our schools, and demand our children get a proper education. Our Departments of Education in our states have become weak with fear from the bullying US DOE, and we need to take back our schools!
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What are the amendments?
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Senate Amendment #1: Adds all state assessments and district-wide assessments, Senate Amendment #2: allows high school juniors themselves to opt out of the assessment
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Look at the calendar… When HB 50 passes the House, again, it will do so less than 10 calendar days before the end of session. The Governor can veto it after taking the full 10 days and the legislature will no longer be in session to take a vote to override said veto…
Well played, El Jefe… Well played…
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What was the vote total? I suppose Sokola’s poison-pill amendment reduced the Yea’s below what is needed for a veto override…
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They won’t be in session to even take the override vote, so whatever the yea total was doesn’t really matter
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What was even more shocking was Senator Bonini’s long-winded speech about the bill. He is afraid this will make smart kids smarter and dumb kids dumber. Interesting that he too received the slip-it note from Markell’s education policy advisor Lindsay O’Mara.
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14-7 greater than 60% so veto proof in tact if all hold.
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Not if the clock runs out, which was exactly what Sokola and his DOE buddies planned all along.
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Will Markell really run out the clock and go for the the pocket veto? That would be beyond the pale as a sign of contempt for the public (and not entirely out of the question). I think he will sign the veto. In that case the House needs to do some fast footwork to do the override then withhold consent for the Senate to adjourn until it too votes on the override… pending June 30 of course.
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Okay, so what’s our next step? Who do we get on now? I’m so frustrated!
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