Frank Corte Does Too Have An Education Plan! (Vouchers Lite)

Now, this is not a joke (well, it is, but the joke is on the people of The Great State of Texas): Frank Corte sponsored a bill to help pay for education. (Relevant sections underlined) It's a generous bill to really tackle the problem of school finance. It says that children in grades 6 and above (including college students) who play "Taps" with a bugle, trumpet, or cornet during military honors funerals will have $25.00 deducted from their tuition every time they do - and, as an added bonus, any student performing under this subsection, will not be penalized for this absence. Even better, because Frank knows how very important public school attendance is in calculating state and federal education program dollars, he specifies in this bill that absences so covered "shall be counted as if the student attended school for purposes of calculating the average daily attendance of students in the school district."

This bill also thinks of the student, struggling to pay for his or her education, by specifying that all students who do play "Taps" during school, should be given enough time to make up any work they may have missed in doing so. But Frank is watchful of our education dollars, generous as this program is. It is very clearly spelled out in the bill, just what constitutes a properly played "Taps". I guess no jazz renditions are allowed, huh?

Wow. Underwhelmed along with me?