Thursday's Supreme Court decision shows that this excuse is untenable.
When large amounts of federal funding was provided to Mississippi during the COVID-19 pandemic, our state legislature authorized state agencies to distribute a portion of that money to private schools for infrastructure improvements. approved.
This prompted a group of activists to public school parents, objecting to the allocation of public funds to private schools as unconstitutional.had public school parents If we had been successful, we might now be in a situation where public funds cannot take students into the private sector.
Thursday's ruling upholds educational freedom. This is not just a defeat for anti-school choice activists. This means those in Congress looking for ready-made excuses for not supporting school choice can no longer hide behind the argument that school choice is unconstitutional.
As our legal department, the Mississippi Institute of Justice asserted that the Mississippi Constitution does not preclude school choice when we filed a Friend of the Court brief with the Institute of Justice.
You may have noticed that despite being considered conservative Despite our statehouse majority, we didn't pass many conservative bills this Congress.
A bill to address DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) doctrine at public universities failed in committee. Efforts to restore leadership failed, as did proposals to repeal restrictive laws that intentionally limited the number of health care providers.
Our lawmakers weren't even ready to pass a law that might allow Mississippians to buy wine online. They were finally able to pass the SAFER Act to protect women's rights at the eleventh hour.
The indomitable force of doing nothing is powerful. But as the success of education funding reform shows, inertia can be overcome.
When Speaker White played tough and Governor Reeves gave them a clear lead, the Indomitable Party relented. Perhaps this is the way to achieve change?
