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Not angry, just a realist.
They don't belong on the football filed, the wrestling mat, or the baseball field with other kids who are not challenged. They will get hurt and only silly people want to legislate their vision of "fairness".
I work with the disabled and find this thread despicable. What about handicap parking? Is that a communist policy that we should ban? What about ramps? I mean they have the opportunity to take the stairs right? If they can't then, well, they should have thought about that before deciding to be handicapped. Right?
Of all the things to be angry about in this world you pick this. I don't get it.
The disabled kids already have an opportunity to compete. They just can't do it. Like i don't have the ability to play in the NBA. Next obozo will force schools to have special athletic programs for short kids or fat kids!! KICK THE FEDS OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS. Fed involvement in schools is unconstitutional.
Nah, schools are not forced to. The schools must give equal access to sports to the disabled or form special special teams OR give up federal funds.
States can have autobahn.like highways - but if they do they don' t get Federal highway funding any more.
It' s simple for school sports: stop discriminating or do so only on state funding.
$$ is why the states do not 100% control education.
Regards from Rosie
Mainstreaming the retarded into the classroom was one of the worst ideas ever.
Mainstreaming the retarded into the classroom was one of the worst ideas ever.
Wow. Go fuck yourself.
Imagine, the Federal Government intervening in local schools!
Where is the constitutional justification for such intervention?
Imagine, the Federal Government intervening in local schools!
Where is the constitutional justification for such intervention?
Here:
South Dakota v. Dole (1987).
The Constitution authorizes Congress to use its spending powers to achieve Federal objectives indirectly, such as providing access to sports for disabled children, by withholding Federal funds.
It' s simple for school sports: stop discriminating or do so only on state funding.
Disabled students should have special consideration, but what do you mean by "discriminating"?
Where is the constitutional justification for such intervention?
Here:
South Dakota v. Dole (1987).
The Constitution authorizes Congress to use its spending powers to achieve Federal objectives indirectly, such as providing access to sports for disabled children, by withholding Federal funds.
Providing access to sports for disabled children should not be a Federal objective.
I. Since schools take Federal money, they have to accept certain standards.
It's not federal money. It's money you paid in taxes and then the feds say "we'll give it back if you do what we say"!!!!! Real americans ( not commie libs) are sick of that.
You guys are hilarious.
If a disabled kid tries out for whatever sport and makes the team, that's great and good for him or her.
But,
Is Obama trying to force schools to put whatever disabled kid on the team no matter what?
No. There will not be kids with disabilities playing football. Are you insane?
What facet of our lives will the feds take over next?. States need to put down their foot and say education is nowhere mentioned in the constitution and so, by the tenth amendment, ed is a state issue.!!
Disabled students must be given sports, says Education Dept. - U.S. News
Jan 25, 2013
The feds are ordering schools across the country to make "reasonable" changes to sports programs so that disabled students can play or else create separate teams for them.
The new guidance from the Education Department issued Friday was hailed by advocates for the disabled but denounced by a conservative think-tank that said it could cost big bucks for cash-strapped schools.
The new order from the Education Department says athletics is also a civil right for the disabled and schools that dont protect it could lose federal funding.
Under the latest rules, schools must tweak traditional programs to give qualified disabled students a shot at playing as long as they can do it without fundamentally changing the sport or giving anyone an advantage
Not angry, just a realist.
They don't belong on the football field, the wrestling mat, or the baseball field with other kids who are not challenged. They will get hurt and only silly people want to legislate their vision of "fairness".
It' s simple for school sports: stop discriminating or do so only on state funding.
Disabled students should have special consideration, but what do you mean by "discriminating"?
I mean by eliminating them from sports participation altogether. That is saying you must be able bodied or sports are closed to you.
There are now beeping baseballs, softballs and tennis balls. Blind kids can hear to play. Most schools could not be bothered to make accommodations. Banning kids that you don' t have to is discrimination.
One of my favorite memories is taking a blind class rollerskating. The kids were awesome and their teacher was the best teacher I have ever seen. Hats off to Mrs. Bingham.
Regards from Rosie
Providing access to sports for disabled children should not be a Federal objective.
Oh yes it should. It was Bush senior who got the Americans with Disabilities Act passed and he signed it. Kids in America are American - schools should make accommodations like businesses must. The age of the disabled person should not be a bar to Federal anti- discrimination efforts.
Regards from Rosie
It' s simple for school sports: stop discriminating or do so only on state funding.
HAHAHA. More loony liberalism. No one is discriminating against the disabled. They are free to go out for sports like everyone else. They just don't have the ability others have.
What facet of our lives will the feds take over next?. States need to put down their foot and say education is nowhere mentioned in the constitution and so, by the tenth amendment, ed is a state issue.!!
Disabled students must be given sports, says Education Dept. - U.S. News
Jan 25, 2013
The feds are ordering schools across the country to make "reasonable" changes to sports programs so that disabled students can play or else create separate teams for them.
The new guidance from the Education Department issued Friday was hailed by advocates for the disabled but denounced by a conservative think-tank that said it could cost big bucks for cash-strapped schools.
The new order from the Education Department says athletics is also a civil right for the disabled and schools that dont protect it could lose federal funding.
Under the latest rules, schools must tweak traditional programs to give qualified disabled students a shot at playing as long as they can do it without fundamentally changing the sport or giving anyone an advantage
Another manufactured fake controversy, compliments of the rightwing propaganda machine.
Where is the constitutional justification for such intervention?
Here:
South Dakota v. Dole (1987).
The Constitution authorizes Congress to use its spending powers to achieve Federal objectives indirectly, such as providing access to sports for disabled children, by withholding Federal funds.
Providing access to sports for disabled children should not be a Federal objective.
