[5.20.13 – 10:00 A.M. – Texas Sen. Dan Patrick has just announced that TESCCC/CSCOPE lesson plans are no more! This is a great victory for our Texas public school children, and there are many people to thank for the huge effort it has taken to get to this point today.
These are my thoughts: It is my opinion that TESCCC/CSCOPE knew they were about to be audited based upon their document dump of 5,000 pages last Friday. TESCCC/CSCOPE knew that financial inconsistencies would be found and that they would be legally liable for the public funds involved. By getting out now, they believe they are spared possible litigation against them. My question: If I am right, will there be any legal repercussions?
One other question: We have been told that there is language in the TESCCC incorporation documents that says that if TESCCC should go defunct, the federal government would get the product? If this is true, will the CSCOPE lesson plans become a part of Common Core Standards? We know that in the past, Common Core made overtures to purchase TESCCC/CSCOPE.
I am warning parents all over America whose states have committed to Common Core Standards to be on the look out for CSCOPE lessons.
Also, please notice the link posted at the bottom of this page to an article that tells Texas parents to be on the look out for TASA’s iCLOUD. This is yet another curriculum product without oversight by the elected members of the Texas State Board of Education! -- Donna Garner]
CLICK HERE FOR QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION AFTER PRESENTATION
Guest Speaker: Jeanine McGregor
Jeanine McGregor (Ms. Mac) is an accomplished educator, author, speaker and researcher. She is a State Board of Education Professional Provider, an All Level Certified Teacher (Pre-K through grade 12). Jeanine McGregor has investigated CSCOPE extensively and will discuss the results of her research, how this is adversely affecting our children on several levels, and the negative impact this program is having on our educational system in Texas. Ms. McGregor travels all over Texas and the Country to educate people on CSCOPE.
IRS scrutiny went beyond Tea Party, targeting of conservative groups broader than thought
Published May 13, 2013 | FoxNews.com
An IRS campaign to apply additional scrutiny to conservative groups went beyond targeting “Tea Party” and “patriot” groups to include those focused on government spending, the Constitution and several other broad areas.
The additional guidelines created by the agency were part of a timeline, obtained by Fox News, from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, which is looking into the controversial IRS practice. IRS officials apologized Friday for the scrutiny, but new information suggests senior leaders were apprised of the effort as early as 2011 despite public denials from the top.
Republican lawmakers have vowed to investigate and hold hearings, calling the revelations deeply troubling.
Every year, Texas families set budgets for their households. They determine how much to spend on necessities like groceries, rent or mortgage, gasoline, clothing, and more.
For nearly four years, Democrat leaders in the U.S. Senate have failed to pass a budget for the nation. This is a basic and important responsibility that ensures our country is on sound fiscal footing. As a result, federal spending has gone up by 19 percent since 2008 and our gross national debt is now larger than the entire U.S. economy. Every child born in Texas and across the country comes into this world already responsible for more than $50,000 of our nation?s debt.
Now, a spending-reduction plan called the ?sequester? is scheduled to go into effect in a matter of days. It would cut federal spending by 2.4 percent. The sequester was proposed and signed into law by President Obama, but he now wants to avert the sequester by raising taxes on hard-working Texans.
To sell his tax hikes alternative, President Obama is creating a state of alarm over cutting 2.4 percent from $3.5 trillion in government spending.
To put this in perspective, let?s look at what a 2.4 percent cut to a family budget would look like. To reduce their spending by 2.4 percent, the average Texas family would need to:
– Run cars on 94.7 gallons of gasoline a month instead of 97 gallons per month
– Find $6 in savings from a $250 monthly grocery budget
- Look for ways to conserve $4.20 from a $175 monthly utilities bill
All working Americans had to figure out how to make ends meet with 2 percent less in their paychecks last month when the payroll tax expired. How is it that Washington can?t do the same?
April Monthly Meeting – Guest Speaker: Mr. Tom Pauken –
Monday, April 1, 2013 – 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
New Heights Church, 1500 W. Hawkins Pkwy., Longview
Mr. Pauken has just recently announced his run for Texas Governor in 2014. Read more here…
Mr. Pauken formerly served as Commissioner of the Texas Workforce Commission. Mr. Pauken served as a military intelligence officer in Vietnam and served on President Ronald Reagan’s White House staff. He was named Director of the Action Agency by Pres. Reagan, which during that time eliminated the use of federal tax dollars to fund Saul Alinsky-style leftist organizers. Author of Bringing America Home, How America Lost Her Way and How We Can Find Our Way Back. More info on Mr. Pauken and his book at www.tompauken.com
On Tuesday, instead of criticizing the leader of the lower chamber in Austin, Simpson laid down his challenge to Straus’ job.
It wasn’t because the Longview Republican has embraced Straus’ style as speaker after spending the past several months recruiting House members to rebel against that style.
“If fear of retribution were not so very real, conscientious support for an alternative choice for speaker would not cause such trepidation,” Simpson said minutes after Secretary of State John Steen opened the 83rd Legislative Session in the House. “But, since it is, and absent a certainty of winning this contest, at the request of my colleagues, I withdraw my candidacy.”Read more here…
Watch State Representative’s speech below:
To read more from State Representative David Simpson, Click here.
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