Hedi, Thanks for doing the evaluation. Now specifically what is it about
folks practicing their faith in employment and not hiring those who do not,
that upsets you. For example, if I ran a Christian Day care, I would not
hire an agnostic. Logical right?
>From: Hedi Rudd <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)"
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Head Start
>Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 12:53:42 -0500
>
>Lord Have Mercy!!! What is happening in our country? I trust this won't
>pass here in Wisconsin...(hint, hint!!)
>
>Hedi
>
>WASHINGTON (AP) -- Religiously oriented groups that provide federal
>preschool programs could refuse to hire teachers based on their faith, a
>House panel voted Thursday in approving a scaled-back overhaul of Head
>Start.
>
>The bill would give eight states -- not all 50, as the Bush administration
>wanted -- greater control over how they run the nation's preschool program
>for the poor.
>
>Overall, the bill aims to expand academic expectations for children,
>require more teachers to have a college education and improve monitoring to
>ensure students emerge ready for kindergarten.
>
>But the religion provision, added Thursday by the House Education and
>Workforce panel on education reform, is the latest to cause a partisan
>divide over a program that has helped roughly 20 million children develop
>literacy and social skills.
>
>The bill has an anti-discrimination clause, but it would not apply to
>groups in hiring people whose religion could affect the organization's
>work. The idea is backed by a court ruling and intended to keep religious
>groups from dropping out of the federal program, said Rep. Mike Castle,
>R-Delaware, the bill's sponsor.
>
>"Faith-based organizations cannot be expected to sustain their religious
>mission without the ability to employ individuals who ... practice their
>faith, because it's that faith that motivates them to serve," Castle said.
>
>Democrats failed to get to strip the language.
>
>"To have legislation that would try and convince faith-based institutions
>and organizations that they ought to discriminate -- I don't understand it.
>It's amazing to me," said Rep. Danny Davis, D-Illinois.
>
>The bill, approved in a party-line vote, now goes to the full committee.
>Head Start is up for reauthorization, meaning Congress and the president
>can rewrite it.
>
>The bill's pilot program would allow eight states to take federal Head
>Start money and merge it with their own spending to better coordinate
>preschool services. It would be open only to states that have shown a
>financial commitment to preschool and that agree not to drop their own
>spending if chosen. States would also have to prove students show
>improvement.
>
>Critics fear a declining federal role will drop standards, and that Head
>Start will lose its comprehensive mission of health, nutrition and parental
>involvement.
>
>"We appreciate the fact that they have limited it, but we are still opposed
>to it," said Maureen Thompson, a consultant for the National Head Start
>Association. "We think it is the first step in dismantling Head Start as it
>has worked and served children for 38 years."
>
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