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By now, it shouldn’t be a surprise that the state’s teachers union vehemently opposed these reforms. Teachers unions almost reflexively attack any conservative reforms to education. The Louisiana Association of Teachers has decided to demonstrate their continued disapproval by bullying all of the state high schools participating in the voucher program. Via the Pelican Post :
On Wednesday, the LAE’s attorney, Brian F. Blackwell, of Blackwell & Associates in Baton Rouge, sent letters to each of the schools that have elected to participate in the state’s voucher program. In the letter, Blackwell claims that any school participating in the voucher program would be receiving “an unconstitutional payment of public funds.”The letter goes on to insist that each school inform the Department of Education that it will not accept funding through the voucher program until the legal challenge has been resolved. Failure to do so by Friday, July 27 at 4:00 P.M. will result in the union instituting litigation against the school.
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This post was authored by Townhall.com editorial intern Kyle Bonnell.
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