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Proposal Details

Proposal ID	879
Proposal	Correction of Outdated Education Plank
Presenter	Platform Committee
Floor Manager	Jody Grage
Phase	Closed - Adopted
Discussion	08-21-2017 - 08-27-2017
Voting	08-28-2017 - 09-03-2017
Presens Quorum	Two Thirds of Active Accredited States/Caucuses
Consens Quorum	Two Thirds of Yes and No Votes

Background

Whereas the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 has been
replaced with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015 and thus plank "n" in the GP-US
Platform's section on Education is glaringly outdated; and whereas there are problems with
ESSA also, but addressing those is not the purpose of this amendment, therefore the presenters
are concerned only with correcting the outdated plank by deleting it at this time.

Proposal

Delete plank "n" under the Education section which currently reads as below, and
re-letter the following planks in correct alphabetical order:
CURRENT LANGUAGE:
II. Social Justice
E. Education and the Arts
1. Education . . . . ..
m. Make student loans available to all college students, with . . .
n. repeal the No Child Left Behind Act
o. Include a vigorous and engrossing civics curriculum in . . .
p. Encourage parental responsibility by supporting parenting, and . . .
. . . . . CORRECTION SHOWING DELETION AND RE-LETTERING
II. Social Justice
E. Education and the Arts
1. Education . . . . . . . . m. Make student loans available to all college students, with . . .
n. Include a vigorous and engrossing civics curriculum in . . .
o. Encourage parental responsibility by supporting parenting, and . . .
p. Expand arts education and physical education opportunities . . .
q. Recognize the viable alternative of home-based . . .
r. Oppose efforts to restrict the teaching of scientific in-formation (sic) . . .
s. Provide adequate academic and vocational education and . . .
t. We urge that our nation amend its “binding declaration” with respect to . . .
u. No person should be permitted to sign away eight years of . . .
v. We demand an end to the militarization of our schools. JROTC programs . . .

Resources

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References

https://www.ed.gov/essa?src=rn
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/12/10/every-student-succeeds-act-vsno-child-left-behind-whats-changed/77088780/

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