Thr rough

ALEC, state legislators vote as equ uals with co orporate lob bbyists and special inte erest group ps on mo odel legisl lation wit thout the p press or pub blic presen nt. Cor rporations help ban nkroll ALEC C me eetings at re esorts, wh here state le egislators are e wined and d dined at cor rporate exp pense. ALE ECs Educa ation Task For rce include es cor rporations that pro ofit from pr rivatizing pub blic schools. They pro omote mod del bills tha at divert tax x dollars to p private sch hools and und dermine ac cademic free edom.

THE ALEC A E EDUCA ATION AGEN NDA

TheAm mericanLegis slativeExcha angeCouncil(ALEC)claim msthatitse education mission nistoprom moteexcellen nceinthena ationseduc cationalsyste em,yetits model llegislation nadvocatesf forpoliciest thatdefundpublicservices,distort thecurriculum,and dundercuto oureducator rs.
onEducation: ALEC

Its Ti ime to o Stand d Up to o ALEC Cs Edu ucatio on Agenda

JointhecampaignatStandUpToALE EC.organdre eachouttoyo ourstatelegis slator. via@StandUpToALECand AskyourFacebook F and dTwitterfollo owerstojoin thecampaig nonTwitterv dat Facebook k.com/StandU UpToALEC Tweet:Us sethehashtags#StandUpT ToALEC&#ALECeducation n Sharetheattachedima agesonFaceb bookandTwi itter

ALE ECsupportsfunding f virt tualschool lsatthesam meperpupilrateas pub blicbrickand dmortarsch hools;thedi ifferenceincostresults inprofits forALECscorporatememb bers. The eEducationTask T Forceh hasvotedon noveradoze enseparateALECbills rela atingtovouc chersandtu uitiontaxcre editsforK12 2education. .Thebills vary ybywhosefinancial f inte ereststheys serveandby yfundingme echanism. Som meofthesebillsintrodu cedinstateshavebeen nwordforw wordcopies. ALE ECsEnviron nmentalLite eracyImprov vementAct callsforcur rriculumto providearang geofperspe ctivesinabalancedmannerregard dlessofthe entificfindingssurround dingclimatechange. scie ALE ECsAcadem micBillofRig htsandInte ellectualDive ersityActwo ould preventhighereducationf facultyfromusingtheirp professional ljudgment and dcreateach hillingeffectonwhatpro ofessorsand dstudentsdi iscuss. ALE EChasalsoadopted a theIndianaEdu ucationRefo ormPackag ge.It incl ludesbillsth hatadvanceonlinedistancelearning gforK12,th hatlimitthe coll lectivebarga ainingrights softeachers s,andthatopenschoolsupto specialmanag gementifth heyunderpe erform. ECsAPlusLiteracyActi sbasedons specialinterestlegislatio onpeddled ALE inFlorida F which hgradessch hoolsbasedm mainlyonst tandardizedtestresults.

Actions You Can Take e

Want to Do More? M Contact C AnthonyDeAng geloatinfo@ @standuptoA ALEC.org

Corpora C ateLed d Onlin ne Lear rning

In20 011TennesseesignedHB1030intolaw;a billthatincludes scopycatlanguagefrom m CsVirtualPu ublicSchools sAct.Themodel m ALEC billa allowsprivat teoperatorstocreateon nline acad demiesthatwould w befundedasifth hey were ebrickandmortar m schools.

Gues sswhichALE ECcorporate efunderwon nthe nob bidcontractto t developastateschoo ol distr rictsVirtualAcademy?K12 K Inc.,pict tured lefta attheNYSto ockExchang ge.K12haspaid p its CEOnearly$16million m inthepastthree eyears; most tofitsreven nuecomesfromtaxpaye ers.

In20 013,theALECTaskForce evotedonat a leastfivenew n modelb billsthatmakethecurric culumvulne erableto digit talcontent,content c that tcouldpotentiallybede evelopedbyforprofitco orporateTas skForcemem mbers.

ALEC C in You ur Stat te?

TheCenterforMedia M andDemocracytr rackedat least t129ALECeducation e bil llintroductio onsinthe state esin2013.Among A thein ntroducedbills: AZ FL L IA MA UselanguagefromtheParent sion MD MO O NY NV TriggerAct(ALECsvers ouchers) OK OR R SC TN includesvo AR AZ Z KY KS UselanguagefromtheNext nCharterSch hoolsAct ME MO MS Generation AR AZ F FL IA ID IN KS S KY LA MS MT T NC NY TN TX PA RI V VA & WI AZ Z MI ME Uselanguag gefromdiffe erent voucherbills(ALEChasatleast 5differentmodels) UselanguagefromtheVirtual PublicScho oolsAct

ALECs s Futur re Ed W Work

InD ecemberTh heGuardianpublisheddocuments reve ealingALECs sproposalto obeginanE Education Subc committeeo onScience,T Technology,Education &M Mathematics(STEM).Pot tentialmembersare: Exxo on,BP,ShellOil,Micros soft,TexasIn nstruments ealthatALEC Cmaybeco ourtingthe Doc umentsreve owingeduca ationrelated dcompaniestojoin: follo
American nAssociationofCommunit tyColleges BusinessHigherEduca ationForum American nCouncilofT Trustees&Alu umni DeVryUn niversity CareerEd ducationCorp poration CapellaE EducationCom mpany PearsonH HigherEducation WhiteHa atManageme ent Education nManageme entCorporatio on EdisonLe earning Academic cPartnership ps American nPublicEduca ation,Inc.