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maybe i'm wrong, but it just seems like a $100k investment into post season play doesn't sound like much when you're talking about a university the size of lamar. Both teams are trending up, and even a little extra exposure could go a long way.

you're probably right. that's as disingenuous as someone in their 50s that looks like they're in their 50s claiming they look 20 years younger

To be fair, most republicans want the dems to be more like Trump. Her calling him that is the most Trump-like thing she's done while in office.

I'll never understand how the judge of the district court of columbia can block a nationwide deportation program and demand that the president give him flight information on deportations. Stuff like this happens all the time. Some nobody circuit judge issues a ban or block or restriction on some policy the president is trying to implement and it's somehow valid? Now, that having been said, a lot of the things Trump is doing he's either ignoring previous case law, making up rules as he goes, or creatively interpreting previous laws and statutes to fit his needs, which leaves him vulnerable for a lot of it to be overturned. But I still don't understand how Joe Blow in District Court Irrelevant has the power to make rulings that stop the president from doing things.

Dude got away with a travel

I’m good with Sean Miller.

Nope. And private schools will increase tuition next year as well to make more money. The main purpose of this is to give the wealthy a rebate, nothing more.

Possibly, if Kelly or Legacy would even accept them. It’s not like they have to, and they’re gonna avoid having their scores go down unless it’s a good athlete or something.

Arkansas helped me out today. Had them advancing

Aggies Aggied hard

Sure hope so

Fitting end to the horns season. Need a new coach. They have no offensive game plan.

They were going to be deported because they weren’t American, and led disruptive protests on an American college campus. It makes sense. If you’re not American, hate America, and IN America, it’s probably best if America helps you out and sends you home.

I wasn’t stirring the pot, I bumped and tagged yall in this thread because yall were doing the stuff this thread was made for in another unrelated thread. If I recall. That was almost a month ago.

It defies all odds and logic that Nederland managed to tie 9 of 14 district games. I don't even see how that's possible.

Personally, I love it, but a judge has temporarily halted it. Judge temporarily blocks deportation of arrested Palestinian Columbia student | Reuters

lol.

Assuming they lose to Tennessee tomorrow they’ll end the regular season at 19-15 and 6-12 in the SEC. Some really good wins, but some really bad losses as well. Doesn’t seem like a tourney resume to me. If they hadn’t been projected as on the bubble already I’d assume they’d need to upset Tennessee tomorrow as well. But who knows

As a big Texas fan, I’ll admit that I don’t understand how they’ve come into this tourney on the bubble with the season they’ve had. That being said, if they were on the bubble, I don’t see how these two quality wins don’t get them in.

I agree with this. A program designed to predominantly help the wealthy and upper middle class, but will help a small portion of the poor and underrepresented is not the answer. Taking $1B from the public schools where the majority of these kids in poor options already attend isn't the answer either.

Here's some data from other states doing school vouchers: In Arkansas, 95% of voucher recipients did not attend public school in the year prior to receiving vouchers. In Arizona, 75% of voucher program users were already in private school. In Ohio, the percentage of voucher students who had already attended a private school jumped from 7% in 2019 to almost 55% in 2023 after the expansion of the EdChoice program. In Iowa, two-thirds of students who received a voucher were already enrolled in private school. As the legislation is currently worded, Texas will be closer to Arkansas than Ohio. You're absolutely right, some deserving students will benefit. But more often than not it's going to benefit those who don't need the help. Your argument is not unlike the democrats criticizing the dismantling of USAID. Their supposition is that all of the mismanagement, fraud, misuse, and theft isn't a good reason to end USAID because some of what they do is beneficial, which is inarguable. USAID does some good things. The same can be said for school vouchers. I'm personally not okay with $1B being taken from the public school coffers for a program that will likely in 80-90% of instances benefit those who already can afford private school, despite the fact that the program will help a small percentage of poor and poorish students. And that's not even factoring in that a good portion of public school kids who will take advantage of the program are going to be solidly middle class who just choose to leave a good school to go to a private school.

I think it's a lot naive to think that this is what will actually happen with this bill. That said, if the state actually makes moves to ensure that only those who need this can use it, my opinion will change to some degree. But the following things are 100% going to happen: 1. Private schools will raise tuition to ensure that the poor and disabled are unable to make up the difference in cost, while maximizing their profit. 2. Private schools will not relax entry policies to allow those who are supposed to benefit from this plan to actually make it into their school. 3. Fly by night private schools will be opened to take advantage of these funds while not providing a proper education. 4. The overwhelming majority of people who'll benefit from this bill are going to be families who could already afford private school. They'll just get a nice rebate, just like has happened in EVERY state that has enacted these vouchers.

It's also laughable that they're trying to pass this by stating that a main priority is to allow children with disabilities to transfer to private schools. NEWSFLASH: many, if not most, private schools do not have specialized classrooms for special education students. I've had multiple students in my sped class the last 4 years who's siblings attended private schools in Beaumont, but they came to me because those private schools did not have a sped class for them to attend. It's extremely expensive to care for children with severe needs. If a child, for instance, needed a full-time nurse, the district would be responsible for paying for that nurse. Does anyone really think that private schools would accept that child? From an article I'm reading: "Advocates and experts say the bills' broad definition of low-income families - along with lawmakers' unwillingness to require participating private schools to guarantee access to certain student groups - will likely mean Texas' voucher program, like in other states, will end up primarily serving families who are already paying to send their kids to private schools."

Still haven't had explained to me why they get more money to spend at a private school than their child earns a district when they attend public. And you can talk about "speculation", but there's literally no way that private schools are going to take in at-risk kids unless they have something exceptional to offer in athletics. Some of them won't drag down scores. Some of them absolutely will. And most of the schools won't take the risk. Taxpayers aren't going to be applying their money for better opportunities in 95% of the cases. In fact what will be happening is RICH taxpayers will get a nice rebate on the private tuition bill they already can afford to pay. The wealthiest Texans are certainly in favor of school vouchers. Why anyone else is is beyond me.

absurd. my favorite part is how the law doesn't extend to other first responders. so if you attack a firefighter (the bill-pusher's husband happens to be one), you're committing a crime. It's only legal to attack police.