Open Letter To Senator Mike Lee, Utah

Dear Senator Lee,

You, Senator Lee, appear to be a friend of parents, teachers, and plain grassroots Americans who have serious concerns related to the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA/NCLB).

A significant number of parents and teachers wonder if the most effective way to stop the Reauthorization of ESEA might be for you to request a delay in the House vote Wednesday, December 2, due not to the controversial nature of the bill, but to the circumvention of procedural requirements in passage of ALL legislation by the Congress.

 

Concerned parents, teachers, and others who have been following the history of this legislation believe there have been important and disturbing irregularities in the normal procedure related to  enactment of legislation .

 

What has transpired since January when HR 5 was first being considered is in itself interesting.

 

Our first concern was when, in February, Rep. John Kline postponed the House Education Committee vote on HR 5(Student Success Act), knowing he didn't have enough Republican votes for passage.   His excuse was that an urgent Homeland Security vote took precedence.

 

We know that Sen. Alexander wanted to move very fast with his version of the Reauthorization of ESEA.   All of us kept wondering when he would get his Senate bill in shape for a Committee vote.  It took Alexander from January to July to feel comfortable in moving ahead, only after Rep. Kline managed to get a five vote majority on HR 5 (Student Success Act) in July.    Those of us who watched the House vote on  C-SPAN can attest to Kline's HR 5 initially losing by a substantial number of votes.  Suddenly,  after the Congressional clock stopped ticking, the necessary five votes for passage came in.  Shouldn't that be investigated? 

 

We parents and teachers, and other groups opposed to this legislation, ask you to speak out (formally) regarding the Senate and House Education Committee's not following the procedural rules required for passage of legislation?

 

You certainly recognized that what happened in the Conference Committee's handling of the last stages of passage of this bill was illegal, and we thank you so much for making a public statement in that regard.

 

https://www.congress.gov/crec/2015/11/18/CREC-2015-11-18-pt1-PgS8029-7.pdf

 

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Sen. Mike Lee, Utah:

 

"So from the surface it will still look like the conference process is happening, is unfolding in the manner in which it is supposed to, but beneath the surface we know that all of this has already been prearranged, precooked, predetermined by a select few Members of Congress working behind closed doors free from scrutiny, and we know this vote was scheduled on extremely short notice so it would be difficult, if not impossible, for the rest of us to influence the substance of the conference report through motions to instruct."

 

Could you, Senator Lee, request a postponement of any further votes by the House or Senate  until an investigation  is made into   the House and Senate's strict adherence to Congressional Procedural  Laws in regard to the Reauthorization of ESEA?

 

Such a postponement would allow for not only Congress to have more time and input into the legislation, but for grassroots Americans (not the usual lobbyists who attend all hearings) to have more time to express our opposition to what we consider legislation which will end forever many of the freedoms enshrined in the United States Constitution.

 

Thank you very much for whatever consideration you can give to this Open Letter.

 

Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt

 

Former Senior Policy Advisor

 

U.S. Department of Education

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FOR THE SAKE OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR WORLD,
PLEASE PRAY.

FOR THE SAKE OF PEACE, MAY ALL PRAY, AND MAY CATHOLICS PRAY THE ROSARY.

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USA FREEDOMS ON CHOPPING BLOCK

Please everyone, including home schoolers who will be affected/controlled, by this legislation, call and visit your elected officials in Congress who are on vacation in your respective states this week.

Tell them this bill is the most dangerous and unconstitutional piece of legislation ever to pass the U.S. Congress, with one possible exception: the Federal Reserve Act of 1913.

Tell them they MUST vote "NO" on the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA/NCLB) taking place on December 2 (next week!)

202-224-3121.

TELL THEM THE FOLLOWING:

YOU KNOW IT IS NOT SIMPLY AN EDUCATION BILL BUT THAT IT IS A UNITED NATIONS -ORIGINATED GLOBAL GOVERNMENT BILL THAT WILL CONTROL AND BRAINWASH AMERICANS LIFELONG, BIRTH THROUGH DEATH....THAT IT IS THE END OF FREEDOM IN AMERICA.

WHY?

REQUIREMENTS SPELLED OUT IN THIS LEGISLATION ORIGINATED IN TWO PARIS, FRANCE-BASED ORGANIZATIONS: UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO) AND THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD):

Out of 20 UNESCO education advisors, in the early 1970s, 19 came from Communist countries.

AND

The letterhead of the National Alliance of Business, in the early 1990s, carried the following text:

Kindergarten to Age 80 workforce training!

Call 202-224-3121 AND YOUR ELECTED OFFICALS’ OFFICES IN YOUR RESPECTIVE STATES.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU, YOUR FAMILIES, AND OUR SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN SERVING ABROAD.

PRAY HARD.

ONE LAST CHANCE TO SAVE OUR CHILDREN

On Friday 20th, the House and the Senate appointed Committees voted in conference to approve the Conference Report on the ESEA Reauthorization Act. (NCLB). It is planned to be voted on to become law on December 2nd.

The following information below should incense everyone and motivate them to start calling Congress THIS COMING MONDAY to stop this horror that is going to descend on our children. 202-224-3121.

We have approximately one week to call Congress to try and stop passage of this monstrosity. Do they plan on you being too busy with the holidays to protest?

Here's how it was done:

Sen. Mike Lee, Utah:

"So from the surface it will still look like the conference process is happening, is unfolding in the manner in which it is supposed to, butbeneath the surface we know that all of this has already been prearranged, precooked, predetermined by a select few Members of Congress working behind closed doors free from scrutiny, and we know this vote was scheduled on extremely short notice so it would be difficult, if not impossible, for the rest of us to influence the substance of the conference report through motions to instruct."

Another voice proclaims:

"What does it take to make it clear that the American people are fed up?...But the last two days’ events with respect to reauthorizing the despised No Child Left Behind (NCLB) statute demonstrate that nothing has changed. The insiders still control, the American people are shut out, and the politically connected get their way amid much backslapping bonhomie...Moreover (among other failings), they extended federal tentacles over toddlers, incentivizing states to expand useless if not harmful government preschool programs, and they provided grants to shove states into embracing “brave new world” technology to psychologically profile students...All of these shortcomings led a coalition of over 200 grassroots organizations to oppose any reauthorization based on these bills and to urge Congress to avoid the trap of sending our leftist President anything he would find acceptable."

And another voice:

“Legendary U. S. Dept. of Education whistleblower Charlotte Iserbyt has pointed out at her blog, ABC of Dumbdown, that some members of Congress are deliberately concealing machinations of No Child Left Behind/ESEA and are planning a rushed voted so that no time in allotted for public scrutiny nor for full Congressional analysis of the high federal law. She also points out that others, like Utah Senator Mike Lee, aren’t falling for the ruse.”

Voices from 200 organizations:

All protesting this legislation.

We, the people, we, the public, can't even read the Conference Report until November 30th. They intend to vote on this joint bill on December 2nd. Does this sound like the "Land of the Free and Home of the Brave" to you?

Related links:

Speak Out!

The Congressional Cat Is Out Of Decepticon Bag

For The Sake Of Our Children

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FOR THE SAKE OF PEACE MAY ALL PRAY, AND MAY CATHOLICS PRAY THE ROSARY.

The Congressional Cat Is Out Of Decepticon Bag

The Rise Of The Education Transformers

IMPEACH ALL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS INVOLVED IN THIS HUGE BETRAYAL OF THE VOTERS!

#Congressgate

All excerpts are taken from Congressional Record dated November 18, 2015.

https://www.congress.gov/crec/2015/11/18/CREC-2015-11-18-pt1-PgS8029-7.pdf

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Sen. Mike Lee, Utah:

"So from the surface it will still look like the conference process is happening, is unfolding in the manner in which it is supposed to, but beneath the surface we know that all of this has already been prearranged, precooked, predetermined by a select few Members of Congress working behind closed doors free from scrutiny, and we know this vote was scheduled on extremely short notice so it would be difficult, if not impossible, for the rest of us to influence the substance of the conference report through motions to instruct."

 

THIS REAUTHORIZATION OF NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND (ESEA) LEGISLATION IS NOT JUST ABOUT EDUCATION!!!

 

Speak Out!

 

ESEA...Another Dangerous Giant Step Closer To Disaster!‏‏

 

HAVE YOU CALLED YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO DEMAND THEY VOTE NO ON THIS BILL?  202-224-3121.

 

Latest verbatim text (proof), out of their own mouths, regarding backroom dealings to ram through the most unconstitutional piece of legislation ever crafted which will forever change the America we love and the futures of our children and all Americans birth through death. Backroom dealings have been going on since last July when Rep. John Kline et al, after clock for voting time had stopped, managed to get the additional five votes needed for passage.

 

And in July when Sen. Alexander appeared to pull the same curious, but not as blatant, maneuver in order to get enough votes for passage.

 

http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Iserbyt_071715.mp3

 

http://abcsofdumbdown.blogspot.com/2015/07/charlotte-iserbyts-statement-on-s1177.html

 

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LATEST INFO:

 

The following quotes are found on pages 8031-8033. 

 

Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee:

 

" Since the Senate passed its bill and the House passed its bill, the Senator from Washington and I have been meeting with our counterparts, the chairman and ranking member of the House education committee. Our staffs have been talking, and we have been trying to take the two bills, which are very similar, and see if we could suggest to the conference a way that we could get a result. We don’t have the result because we haven’t had a meeting of the conference. We can’t have a meeting of the conference until the leaders are allowed to appoint the Members of the conference."

 

JUST LIKE LEE SAYS BELOW...PRECOOKED AND PREDETERMINED?

 

Senator Lee:

 

"So from the surface it will still look like the conference process is happening, is unfolding in the manner in which it is supposed to, but beneath the surface we know that all of this has already been prearranged, precooked, predetermined by a select few Members of Congress working behind closed doors free from scrutiny, and we know this vote was scheduled on extremely short notice so it would be difficult, if not impossible, for the rest of us to influence the substance of the conference report through motions to instruct."

 

Senator Alexander:

 

"Mr. President, as the Senator from Utah knows, that is the case. I said that to him yesterday and I just said it on the floor. We hope to complete our work this week.  We may or we may not, but the bill will be out for at least a week for Members of this body to consider it."

 

Just "Members of this body..."?

 

What about the American people who elected the "members of this body"?

 

A WEEK FOR LEGISLATORS AND CITIZENS TO READ A BILL THAT IS PROBABLY A THOUSAND PAGES?  

 

Marcus Tullius Cicero, (106-43 B.C.) Roman Statesman, Philosopher and Orator:

“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.”

 

 

Speak Out!

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They came for the public school children and I said nothing because I have no children in public schools.

            Common Core, Total Quality Management, ESEA/No Child Left Behind.

 They came for the public charter and voucher school children but I said nothing because I thought it did not concern me.

            Common Core, Total Quality Management, ESEA/No Child left Behind, Taxation without Representation.

They came for the private and faith based school children, and I did nothing to protest because I have no children in private or faith-based schools.

             Common Core, Total Quality Management, Government Grants, and ESEA Title funding.

They came for the home school children, but I did not bother to speak out because I have no family involved in home school.

              Community Education , Government Grants, Promise Neighborhoods.

They  came for the babies, but I have no babies, so I said nothing.

                                         Early Childhood Education.

Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out or protect me.

                 Community Education, Promise Neighborhoods and HUD.

Once our suburbs have been “equalized” by HUD , won’t every school district be included in Promise Neighborhoods, which is being included in ESEA conference negotiations?

"For years, the cities have been robbing the suburbs but they now have a scheme that will quickly end in a takeover of the suburbs by a leftist federal government.HUD announced enforcement of its new 377-page rule called the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule which will allow them to move people from poor crime-ridden areas into “wealthy” suburbs. It was announced by leftist Julian Castro Monday. The rule has force behind it. Federal monies will be withheld and lawsuits accusing residents of racism will be filed. Any town that takes federal funds will be transformed.

It is not only forcing unnecessary racial integration, its forcing class integration and the destruction of the local governments who will officially become satellites of the urban areas. Neighborhoods will be diversified according to income levels. The plan is to make us into a classless society of the type Karl Marx promoted."

"According to the feds, a ”preferred community” is one in which newly arriving refugees have the best opportunity for “self-sufficiency and integration ...

***Update***  Here you can see a list of new grantees. Note that the US Conference of Catholic Bishops gets nearly $2 million through 2016 for preferred communities, but no specific sites are listed (they probably don’t want you to know that your city is among the chosen!)."

Do you think it matters that Portability (money following the child) has been dropped from the Reauthorization of the ESEA Act? 

IT DOESN’T!

PROMISE NEIGHBORHOODS,  INNOVATIONS, COMMUNITY EDUCATION, SMART CITIES, AND HUD can make the concept of portability moot or superfluous because all these programs encompass everyone in the Community.

“The purpose of Promise Neighborhoods is to significantly improve the educational and developmental outcomes of children and youth in our most distressed communities, and to transform those communities by 1. Identifying and increasing the capacity of eligible entities that are focused on achieving results for children and youth throughout an entire neighborhood…” (Emphasis added)

THEY CAME FOR ME AND THERE WAS NO ONE LEFT TO  SPEAK FOR ME.

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ESEA...Another Dangerous Giant Step Closer To Disaster!‏‏

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ESEA...Another Dangerous Giant Step Closer To Disaster!‏‏

#NoWayESEA

This post includes new text/wording in the ESEA bill which represents ultimate totalitarian control of you and your families lifelong under the soviet unelected council form of government. Read every word from start to finish.

SPREAD THIS MESSAGE FAR AND WIDE. You, the grassroots, have killed this before in the House with HR 5. You CAN do it again. If you, as parents and grandparents, do not advocate and fight for your children, who will? "Advocate" means call your Senators and Representatives immediately.

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All highlighting in this post has been added by ed.

From POLITICO:

 

"By Caitlin Emma | 11/18/2015 10:00 AM EDT

With help from Marcella Bombardieri, Allie Grasgreen Ciaramella, Kimberly Hefling, Marianne LeVine, Maggie Severns and Aubree Eliza Weaver
NCLB CONFERENCE BEGINS: The Senate plans to vote on heading to conference on No Child Left Behind this morning. After that, the chamber will name its conferees - who very well may be the entire HELP Committee - and they'll gather with House lawmakers this afternoon, beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET at the Capitol. This first meeting will be open to the public and webcast."

Remember, the role of the HELP Committee (Health Education Labor and Pension) in furthering initial passage of Senator Alexander's VERY dangerous S1177.

HELP Committee members:

Conference Meeting on S. 1177, “Every Child Achieves Act of 2015” | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor& Pensions 

URGENT URGENT URGENT UPDATED INFORMATION

From Politico:

-" What's in and what's out: The so-called "framework" for a bill is still preliminary and subject to change. But some things that made it into the framework, according to sources familiar with negotiations, are: A mandate that states identify and intervene in the bottom 5 percent of schools, some form of college- and career-ready standards and programs resembling Investing in Innovation and Promise Neighborhoods. Some things that didn't: Title I portability and wildcard outside bills that would update privacy law or renew D.C. school vouchers."

Innovations and Promise Neighborhoods: Read all about these government programs at the U.S. Department of Education's Innovation and Improvement. This includes charter schools, non-public education, private and homeschools, Promise Neighborhoods, full-service community schools (community education), and others. http://innovation.ed.gov/who-we-are/

This blog has been discussing lifelong community education which has been in the works since 1946.

 Promise Neighborhoods call for implementation of the original 1946 Montgomery County Community Schools pilot for the nation with unelected council form of government . ABCs of DumbDown: THE PLAN: CRADLE TO GRAVE

http://www2.ed.gov/programs/promiseneighborhoods/index.html

"Program Description 

Promise Neighborhoods, established under the legislative authority of the Fund for the Improvement of Education Program (FIE), provides funding to support eligible entities, including (1) nonprofit organizations, which may include faith-based nonprofit organizations, (2) institutions of higher education, and (3) Indian tribes.
 

The vision of the program is that all children and youth growing up in Promise Neighborhoods have access to great schools and strong systems of family and community support that will prepare them to attain an excellent education and successfully transition to college and a career. The purpose of Promise Neighborhoods is to significantly improve the educational and developmental outcomes of children and youth in our most distressed communities, and to transform those communities by—

 

1. Identifying and increasing the capacity of eligible entities that are focused on achieving results for children and youth throughout an entire neighborhood;
2. Building a complete continuum of cradle-to-career solutions of both educational programs and family and community supports, with great schools at the center;
3. Integrating programs and breaking down agency “silos” so that solutions are implemented effectively and efficiently across agencies;
4. Developing the local infrastructure of systems and resources needed to sustain and scale up proven, effective solutions across the broader region beyond the initial neighborhood; and
5. Learning about the overall impact of the Promise Neighborhoods program and about the relationship between particular strategies in Promise Neighborhoods and student outcomes, including through a rigorous evaluation of the program.

  In 2010, the Promise Neighborhoods program awarded one-year grants to support the development of a plan to implement a Promise Neighborhood in 21 communities across the country that included the core features described above. At the conclusion of the planning grant period, grantees should have a feasible plan to implement a continuum of solutions that will significantly improve results for children in the community being served.

In 2011, the Department awarded a second round of planning grants and a first round of implementation grants. The five implementation grants and 15 planning grants will reach an additional 16 communities throughout the United States in order to help revitalize disadvantaged neighborhoods. Promise Neighborhoods is now in 18 states and the District of Columbia.

In 2012, a third round of planning grants and a second round of implementation grants were awarded. The 7 implementation grants and 10 planning grants will reach an additional 11 news communities throughout the country. Promise Neighborhoods is now in 20 states and the District of Columbia.

In subsequent years, contingent on the availability of funds, the Department intends to conduct competitions for new implementation and planning grants. While all eligible entities will be able to apply for implementation grants, eligible entities that have effectively carried out the planning activities described in the Notice Inviting Applications, whether independently or with a Promise Neighborhoods planning grant, are likely to be well positioned with the plan, commitments, data, and demonstrated organizational leadership and capacity necessary to develop a quality application for an implementation grant."

For more information on the Promise Neighborhoods program and to obtain access to tools and resources please go to Promise Neighborhoods

THE ESEA REPRESENTATIVES TO THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE HAVE BEEN APPOINTED.  CALL THESE TEN REPRESENTATIVES AND DEMAND THEY STOP ESEA APPROVAL IN CONFERENCE!

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Congressman John Kline, Chairman

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 17, 2015 CONTACT: Press Office (202) 226-9440 House Moves Toward K-12 Education Conference Committee Speaker Ryan appoints House Republican conferees WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today after the House of Representatives approved a motion to go to conference on reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) appointed House Republican conferees: Today, the House took an important step forward in our effort to improve K-12 education and replace No Child Left Behind. I am confident the conference committee can reach agreement on a final bill that Congress will pass and the president will sign into law. I look forward to working with my fellow conferees as they offer their views and ideas to strengthen education. Following House-passage of the motion to go to conference, Speaker Ryan appointed the following Republican members to serve on the House-Senate conference committee: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), chairman, Committee on Education and the Workforce Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), chairman, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) Rep. David P. Roe (R-TN) Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA) Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) Rep. Luke Messer (R-IN) Rep. Steve Russell (R-OK) Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI) # # #   Congressman John Kline, Chairman FOR PLANNING PURPOSES November 17, 2015 CONTACT: Press Office (202) 226-9440 ***MEDIA ADVISORY*** TOMORROW: House-Senate Joint Conference Committee on K-12 Education to Hold First Meeting WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, November 18th, at 2:30 p.m., a House and Senate conference committee to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act will hold its first meeting in HVC-201 of the Capitol Visitor Center. At the first meeting, members of the conference committee are expected to deliver opening statements. WHAT: Meeting of a House-Senate joint conference committee on K-12 education WHEN: Wednesday, November 18, at 2:30 p.m. WHERE: HVC-201 of the Capitol Visitor Center Earlier today, the House approved a motion to go to conference with the Senate on separate proposals to reauthorize K-12 education law. Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) also appointed earlier today the House Republican members who will serve on the joint conference committee. For more information, click here. To watch a live webcast of the joint conference meeting, click here. # # #