Public school monopoly now has its eyes set on putting private daycares out of business

After about five years of efforts, the Educrats may have finally got their foot into the daycare business by getting pass teh House Chamber. And how, because some schools are already doing it, we need to make it legal. That was the argument, for HB1195. It also included Drivers Ed. First Rep. Hunt tried an amendment that stripped the daycare part, leaving the Drivers Ed. Here are the votes on his amendment:

Yeas 26, Nays 41, Excused 3, Absent 0

    Yeas:
Bolin; Conzet; Feickert; Gosch; Greenfield; Haggar; Hansen (Jon); Hickey; Hoffman; Hubbel; Hunt; Jensen; Kopp; Liss; Miller; Nelson (Stace); Novstrup (David); Russell; Steele; Tornow; Tulson; Vanneman; Venner; Verchio; Wick; Willadsen

   Nays:
Abdallah; Blake; Boomgarden; Brunner; Carson; Cronin; Deelstra; Dennert; Dryden; Fargen; Feinstein; Gibson; Hawley; Hunhoff (Bernie); Iron Cloud III; Jones; Killer; Kirkeby; Kirschman; Kloucek; Lucas; Lust; Magstadt; Moser; Perry; Romkema; Rozum; Schaefer; Schrempp; Scott; Sigdestad; Sly; Solum; Street; Stricherz; Turbiville; Van Gerpen; White; Wink; Wismer; Speaker Rausch

    Excused:
Elliott; Munsterman; Olson (Betty)

Took the RINOs teaming up with the Democrats to stop the amendment. Then came the final vote:

Yeas 55, Nays 12, Excused 3, Absent 0

    Yeas:
Abdallah; Blake; Bolin; Boomgarden; Brunner; Carson; Conzet; Cronin; Deelstra; Dennert; Dryden; Fargen; Feinstein; Gibson; Greenfield; Haggar; Hawley; Hickey; Hoffman; Hunhoff (Bernie); Hunt; Iron Cloud III; Jones; Killer; Kirkeby; Kirschman; Kloucek; Lucas; Lust; Magstadt; Miller; Moser; Nelson (Stace); Novstrup (David); Perry; Romkema; Rozum; Schaefer; Schrempp; Scott; Sigdestad; Sly; Solum; Steele; Street; Stricherz; Tulson; Turbiville; Van Gerpen; Vanneman; White; Wick; Wink; Wismer; Speaker Rausch

    Nays:
Feickert; Gosch; Hansen (Jon); Hubbel; Jensen; Kopp; Liss; Russell; Tornow; Venner; Verchio; Willadsen

    Excused:
Elliott; Munsterman; Olson (Betty)

I will recommend both votes make the 2012 SDGOP Republican Voting Scorecard. This is a direct attack on free markets by government monopoly. The New Age Theocrats can't wait to get their hands on kids at ages young enough to make their indoctrination that much more effective. Common sense would say that the inefficient public schools should have their scope reduced, not increased.

Comments

[Stace Nelson]

This one was a tough one. I did not like the vagueness of the children services comment. I supported the amendment and it failed. It was promised to me that the sponsor is going to fix the bill so that only the programs that are currently being provided will be allowed to continue, and that nothing new will be allowed.

I got a lot of emails from voters on this begging for the support as if not, the drivers improvement classes, current need services communities have started will be disrupted.

[Steve Sibson]

The Educrats could not kick the can of Early Childhood Indoctrination down the roads of South Dakota, so they used a carrot called Drivers Ed instead. Now the door is open and now the United Nations will have access to American preschoolers so they can tell them "how to feel". Five years of hard work to stand these radicals down now is wasted. Stace, you are not the only one who is frustrated with the legislative process.

[Stace Nelson]

Not so quick buddy. I was promised that the vague statement is going to be corrected to limit this to services already provided, when it goes to the Senate. This should be coming back, if it is not kosher when it comes back, I will vote against it.

Too many emails from people stressed they were going to lose the services communities already have them relying on.

[lynn]

OK, so they "may" charge a fee. How much? Will it cover the cost of any new or current program? What's wrong with people paying for driver's ed anyway? It is not considered an integral part of a "free public education." This seems to me a backhanded approach to get preschool provided on the taxpayer's dime.