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03-20-2012, 08:12 PM
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A bill that would allow parents to send their children to the schools nearest their homes has passed the Senate.
The bill, sponsored by Republican Sen. Dan Seum of Louisville, passed Tuesday by a partisan vote of 21-15. It's the third year Seum has proposed the legislation.
Seum said after the vote that the bill's chances aren't good in the House.
Democratic Sen. Gerald Neal of Louisville spoke against the bill and offered three floor amendments seen by supporters as "unfriendly" measures to kill the bill. One, however, did pass 35-3. It would make the measure apply to all school districts rather than Jefferson County only.
Neal said the measure could amount to resegregating Jefferson County's schools, but Seum said it would not.
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The legislation is Senate Bill 9.
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The bill, sponsored by Republican Sen. Dan Seum of Louisville, passed Tuesday by a partisan vote of 21-15. It's the third year Seum has proposed the legislation.
Seum said after the vote that the bill's chances aren't good in the House.
Democratic Sen. Gerald Neal of Louisville spoke against the bill and offered three floor amendments seen by supporters as "unfriendly" measures to kill the bill. One, however, did pass 35-3. It would make the measure apply to all school districts rather than Jefferson County only.
Neal said the measure could amount to resegregating Jefferson County's schools, but Seum said it would not.
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The legislation is Senate Bill 9.
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03-21-2012, 11:15 AM
Sadly there is no chance that this bill will pass the Democrat dominated House. Common sense rarely prevails in Frankfort.
If Neal is saying that attending the school closest to you will cause resegregation, isn't he admitting that the neighborhoods are already segregated? How does this derrogatory liberal practice of shipping children all over Jefferson County serve to integrate society? At the end of the day all return to their segregated neighborhoods.
Busing is merely another example of mindless social engineering that does much more harm than good.
If Neal is saying that attending the school closest to you will cause resegregation, isn't he admitting that the neighborhoods are already segregated? How does this derrogatory liberal practice of shipping children all over Jefferson County serve to integrate society? At the end of the day all return to their segregated neighborhoods.
Busing is merely another example of mindless social engineering that does much more harm than good.
03-24-2012, 10:05 AM
I see nothing wrong with voluntary segregation. At this time, most segregation is done for economic reasons - not racial ones. As blacks join the middle class, they tend to move to more affluent neighborhoods that are not segregated, the same as poor whites living in crime infested areas do.
A strong economy where hard work is rewarded is the best way to desegregate our society. Government handouts are a tool to keep people down and have the effect of keeping them segregated and voting Democratic. Segregation has been very good for the Democratic party.
A strong economy where hard work is rewarded is the best way to desegregate our society. Government handouts are a tool to keep people down and have the effect of keeping them segregated and voting Democratic. Segregation has been very good for the Democratic party.
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