1/ Marriage equality was a hard earned victory for #LGTBQ Americans, won in the courts, not the halls of our legislative bodies. The #SCOTUS decision in Obergefell finally gave same-sex couples in all 50 states the right to full, equal recognition under the law. 2/ The decision gave #LGTBQ people not just the right to publicly bond themselves to the people they love, but also the protections & economic stability that come with marriage, from being with your loved one in the hospital, to rights of parentage, to family health care plans.

1/ Yesterday, the Chair of VT’s State Board of Ed attended a local school board meeting. He introduced himself as “not a resident” (a second home owner) & advocated for sending private school vouchers to programs that are allowed to pick and choose who they enroll. #vted 2/ The occasion? A Barstow School Board meeting to discuss whether or not to propose voucher-funded students to attend three nearby public high schools, as provided for in statute, so that tax dollars support schools that don’t exclude some children.
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1/ 🧵: While #vted is coping with lack of state leadership on #Delta mitigation, the new state board is again eroding inclusion.
The debate over how & whether taxpayer funded private schools should serve students w/ disabilities is a good case study in regulatory capture. 2/ We’ve read in the news about taxpayer-funded private schools & childcares that exclude students based on religion, gender, etc.. A longer term debate has centered on whether taxpayer funded private schools in VT must serve students with disabilities.
vtdigger.org/2021/05/05/ver…