Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Dominic Mariani said: School is not for everyone. If they don't want to be in school, they're going to be a distraction.
Dominic for Governor!
Article 11 §2 of the Nevada Constitution established K-12. It further states the legislature may pass such laws as will tend to secure a general attendance .. [emphasis mine]. Dominic in on to something. The legislature should actually ABOLISH compulsory attendance (truancy) laws.
Why do we *draft* kids to attend school? Article 1 §17 prohibits "involuntary servitude". Forcing kids to attend school just creates jobs for CCEA members. If kids were allowed to make their own enrollment choices, I estimate that CCSD enrollment would drop to less than 50,000. That's right. On Oct 9 RJ had an article about CCSD offering free tutoring, but only 14% of eligible students signed up.
By the way. Mariani's bill does not propose to "legalize" dropping out. It attempts to narrow the injustice of forcing kids to go to school against their will -- 90% of the time to the incompetent public school (daycare) system.
Truancy laws not only institutionalize involuntary servitude, but they impose punishment on kids without trial. That's an unconstitutional attainder (Article 1 §15).
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