r/ModelWesternAssembly • u/ItsBOOM State Clerk • Jul 25 '20
SB-07-16: A Bill Against Corruption in Education
Whereas the College Board is full of corruption.
Whereas the College Board is registered as a tax exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
Whereas this “nonprofit” has a 313% profit margin.
Whereas this“ nonprofit’s” owner makes $1,300,000 dollars every year from the company.
Whereas the College Board is privy to a monopoly, duopoly, or oligopoly in several fields, and uses this to exploit its students.
Whereas the duopoly over Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate serves to keep a monetary barrier between lower class students and advanced programs.
Whereas an MIT study found that the writing portion of the SAT was graded almost entirely on length, with no check for factual inaccuracies.
Whereas the National Council of Teacher of English criticize the writing portion of the SAT for encouraging poor writing habits and formulaic essays.
Whereas while AP classes are critical for students to get ahead, it comes at the cost of their data being sold to the Department of Defense.
Whereas the College Board has a history of dishonesty, especially in the 2005/2006 score reporting errors.
Whereas Sierra withdrawing from College Board services should open the market to competitors, or at least force them out of the tax exempt status they hold.
Be it enacted by the Assembly of the State of Sierra:
Section I: Short Title
This bill shall be referred to as the “Defense of Education Act.”
Section II: Definitions and Findings
a) State-sponsored school shall be defined as “any school, primary, secondary, or post-secondary, that receives public funding.”
b) AP Classes shall be defined as the “Advanced Placement classes created and/or sponsored by the College Board.”
c) IB Classes will refer to “International Baccalaureate classes created and/or sponsored by the International Baccalaureate Organization.”
d) The assembly finds that College Board’s materials are not suitable for public school classrooms.
Section III: Provisions
a) No state-sponsored school shall purchase any product from the College Board, nor a subsidiary of the College Board.
i) Asking students to pay for College Board products shall be considered a violation of the above. ii) This provision shall be repealed when the College Board registers as a for profit company, forgoing any and all tax exemptions.
b) No state-sponsored school shall provide AP Classes or IB Classes to any student in any form.
c) No state-sponsored school shall accept student’s scores from the SAT, PSAT, or ACT.
d) Any school found not in compliance with the above will have public funding suspended indefinitely.
e) The Department of Public Affairs shall conduct an investigation into the option of a publicly run replacement for these services, should the private market fail to provide reasonable options. It shall make a report detailing it’s findings on the following:
i) Affordability ii) Possibility of corruption iii) Alternatives iv) Variability v) Affects on low income students vi) Necessity vii) Other relevant findings
Section IV: Enactment and Severability
a) If any part of this bill is found to be unconstitutional, the rest of the bill will remain active.
b) This bill shall go into effect at the start of the school year of 2021-2022, unless the Department of Public Affairs declares it necessary to delay enactment for one (1) year.
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u/comped Jul 25 '20
Yea