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State Rep. Tim Butler said the bill filed Friday by Rep. Edgar Gonzalez signals to him that ISBE doesn’t have the authority to punish schools for not following the mandate. “If he’s introducing legislation to make it law, then the executive order doesn't have the force of law.
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
Leave Illinois
to JB and his team of misfits! The exit of middle class tax payers will destroy them!
They couldn’t pass HB 2789 so voila – now it is HB 4135. Be sure to fill in witness slips to protest this tyranny. Voters will remember this – 2022 elections are not that far away. R’s cannot just throw up their hands and say the D;s are bullies. And for the D’s – CTU can’t save everyone.
Pritzker won by over 15 points in 2018. Maybe in 2022 he will only win by single digits? Then again, with JB’s war chest, he will most likely walk away with the next election again. The voters are getting exactly what they want and deserve.
The ISBE is Porky’s muscle. It’s nice to know they’re available to dole out punishment on behalf of his exalted Self. What experience do they possess?
This is toxic and scary legislation. Illinois, like many other states, has always had local control over schools. The ISBE is staffed by career bureaucrats (hanging on to their cozy jobs to maximize their pensions) who have a Springfield /control mentality. The head is a political appointee who is not accountable to anyone but the Governor who appointed him. If they get away with this we will have lost the concept of local school boards controlling what is taught in their locales.