Public Education from Birth to Four?
February 10, 2015
Nevada Senate Bill 25 would give to the Superintendent of Public Instruction oversight over education from birth to pre-kindergarten. Currently that office has jurisdiction over kindergarten through 12th-grade education in Nevada.
If SB 25 becomes law, Nevada would have the legal authority to create schools for children 6 months old or even younger. Everyone knows that this is simply a glorified name for child care paid for by the people of Nevada.
Any bill contemplated for passage should satisfy the general welfare test before being enacted into law. This type of legislation clearly fails that test. Research proves it’s not in the best interest of children to be sent off to “school” at early ages. It doesn’t advance the children’s education beyond preschool, and it contributes to severe behavioral, psychological, and physical problems. These children need the support, care, love and direction of parents and others close to them to help them prepare to enter school when they are truly ready to learn and behave.
Growing Trend
This effort to provide childcare at taxpayers’ expense is being pushed by President Obama, the U.S. Department of Education and many in the educational establishment. Several years ago, Washington, D.C. entertained a bill to lower compulsory attendance to age 3. This should be shocking, but there are early childhood “experts” supporting 3 and younger for mandatory school attendance.
Although the programs would start out as voluntary, two things will happen: First, the private preschools will dry up (why pay when you can have it free). Secondly, it won’t be long till attendance is mandatory to get more kids into the program.
This is a warning to you in other states, as early childhood education laws will be proposed in every state where the folks pushing it think it has some chance of passing. They will not be deterred with failure; this will come back again and again until they win or there is no hope of success. Be ready to protect your state from this clear abuse of legislative power: it doesn’t pass the common sense test, nor the general welfare test.
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