When we fought for ethnic studies bill last year, there was a woman that testified against the bill because she believed the more inclusive we are, European history would be replaced. The zero-sum theory is why we can’t have nice things. #utpol #utleg #sltrib #HB215

https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/02/02/darlene-mcdonald-playing-zero/

#HB215 is a step in the wrong direction and will hurt the very communities it claims to help. Our statement. #utpol #utleg #supportpubliceducation

Destroying public education has been the goal of groups like the Heritage Foundation and ALEC that members of #utleg have ties to. The intent behind vouchers has always been to gut public education.

Questions need to be asked and answered. What are #HB215 sponsor's ties to Ms. Sorenson & #Utah Fits For All? Who knew about this extortion plot? Who knew what and when did they know it. This bill needs to be shut down, now! #utpol #vouchers #PublicEducation

I am not happy. Today Conservative Think Tanks won their decades old fight to defund public education.

It’s a bad day for Utah families and tax payers. It’s a great day for the minority of families with children in private schools. #classism #racism #caste #HB215 #HB132 #SB16 #utpol #utleg

I was once a major #vouchers proponent, now I'm a bit more ambivalent. Such programs come with high up-front costs that are unlikely to become revenue-neutral in less than 10 years, and the demand for options in education has been filled very well by online and #CharterSchools. I'm still open to discussing specific programs, especially ones that seek to solve education corner cases like #SpecialEducation.

Where I definitely get off the bus is this attempt with #HB215 to tie teacher raises to creating a voucher program. That's the kind of nonsense we hate Congress for doing, and the #utleg should and absolutely does know better. They owe it to all of us to provide two clean bills separating the issues, not trying to force the governor's hand. #utpol https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2023/01/19/why-utahs-gop-lawmakers-are/

Education #vouchers we’re NEVER intended to ‘expand’ opportunities to students from historically marginalized group. THAT WAS NEVER THEIR INTENT. The purpose for education vouchers is the same today as it was in 1954 - a means to use public dollars to pay for segregated private schools post Brown v Board of Education. The ‘woke’ charge by conservatives speak directly to that goal. This bill is legislative extortion. It’s wrong on so many levels. #utpol #utleg #NOHB215 #utah #HB215