SB 564 Expanded School Based Health Clinics - Another Top Down Mandate from Sacramento
Two of the pillars of The Education Alliance are local control by local school boards and parental rights which should be respected by school authorities and the state. SB 564 is another example of proposed legislation from Sacramento that violates these pillars - at the taxpayer's expense.
SB 564 would increase the tax outlay and provide for the expansion of school based health clinics. Its stated goal is for the schools to be a place for children to have maximum access to health care of all types including physical examinations, immunizations, "reproductive health services" (i.e. abortions), basic laboratory tests and even mental health services - all apparently without any input from or the permission of parents. SB 564 includes the planning and implementation of methods to transport students from the schools to health care providers if the school based clinic does not provide that service the on site clinic determines the child needs. Of course picking up the tab for this expansion into health care is the California taxpayer.
In reviewing the latest version of the bill, I did not see anything in the bill that provided that parents would have any impute into the schools providing these health care services or that the parents would even be notified when their child was given these "services."
At a time when there is no serious debate that our public school system in California is failing to teach students even basics such as reading and writing and studies have concluded that throwing more money at the school system will not solve these problems, we do not need to sidetrack our school district boards, administrators and teachers with providing for their student's health care - a function much more suited and appropriate for parents.
In addition, our state's finances are once again suffering from "bloated budget syndrome" - a disease that free spending politicians in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. have caused. The cure for this disease is a fiscal diet, not passing mandates that force our schools (at taxpayer expense) into the health care business and disrespects parental rights.
I urge you to contact your State Assembly person, State Senator and the Governor and express your opposition to SB 564 and to ask your friends to do so as well (refer them to this web site!).
Craig P. Alexander, Esq.
Education Alliance Member
Two of the pillars of The Education Alliance are local control by local school boards and parental rights which should be respected by school authorities and the state. SB 564 is another example of proposed legislation from Sacramento that violates these pillars - at the taxpayer's expense.
SB 564 would increase the tax outlay and provide for the expansion of school based health clinics. Its stated goal is for the schools to be a place for children to have maximum access to health care of all types including physical examinations, immunizations, "reproductive health services" (i.e. abortions), basic laboratory tests and even mental health services - all apparently without any input from or the permission of parents. SB 564 includes the planning and implementation of methods to transport students from the schools to health care providers if the school based clinic does not provide that service the on site clinic determines the child needs. Of course picking up the tab for this expansion into health care is the California taxpayer.
In reviewing the latest version of the bill, I did not see anything in the bill that provided that parents would have any impute into the schools providing these health care services or that the parents would even be notified when their child was given these "services."
At a time when there is no serious debate that our public school system in California is failing to teach students even basics such as reading and writing and studies have concluded that throwing more money at the school system will not solve these problems, we do not need to sidetrack our school district boards, administrators and teachers with providing for their student's health care - a function much more suited and appropriate for parents.
In addition, our state's finances are once again suffering from "bloated budget syndrome" - a disease that free spending politicians in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. have caused. The cure for this disease is a fiscal diet, not passing mandates that force our schools (at taxpayer expense) into the health care business and disrespects parental rights.
I urge you to contact your State Assembly person, State Senator and the Governor and express your opposition to SB 564 and to ask your friends to do so as well (refer them to this web site!).
Craig P. Alexander, Esq.
Education Alliance Member
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