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Gov. Bill Lee: Punishing Poor Children and Lying About It

This year Tennessee and Indiana joined 13 other Trump Party states to opt out of a federal summer program to help feed schoolchildren whose parents need the help. Instead of telling the truth about his decision to shortchange children in need, Tennessee’s bible-waving governor, Bill Lee, chose to deny the facts.  From Truthout:

. . . In a statement provided to NBC News, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee described the Summer EBT [Electronic Benefit Transfer] program as a pandemic-era program, when in fact it grew out of a USDA pilot program launched in 2011. The USDA’s evaluation found the money reduced food insecurity among American children by a fifth. Tennessee even participated in it in its final year in 2018. 

Lee also said the program was “mostly duplicative” because other programs, like the Summer Food Service Program, already existed. That program typically serves free meals to kids at specific sites, but only about one in six eligible children receive meals through it. Couch, for example, works from midday until as late as 11 p.m. on some nights, leaving no time to take her children there. 

The existing programs “are not enough to serve the families who need support during the summertime,” said Signe Anderson, senior director of nutrition advocacy at the legal nonprofit Tennessee Justice Center. Some Tennessee counties don’t have any summer meal programs; those that do don’t always operate every day and may open in the middle of a work day. Less than 65,000 Tennessee children participated in summer lunch programs in 2023, compared to the 700,000 children served by Summer EBT last year.

Janice Cleveland’s 17-year-old granddaughter is one of the 700,000 served last year who now isn’t receiving any food assistance. Last summer, Cleveland, who gets by on disability insurance and Social Security income, was able to pay her bills and have enough to feed her granddaughter thanks to Summer EBT. But this year she was confused when the benefits didn’t show up. She called the number on the back of her card and was told her state wasn’t offering the program. “That was a big blow,” she said, adding that she hasn’t been able to afford soap and other necessities. She is unable to take advantage of the pre-selected food at summer meal sites given that she’s diabetic and has a sensitive stomach and has to be very careful about what she eats. 

Stories of families losing access to food are widespread. “We’ve heard from parents who haven’t been able to pay [their] bills,” Anderson said. “We often hear from parents who skip meals so their kids can eat during the summer time.”

Instead of participating in Summer EBT, Tennessee created its own program to send one-time $120 payments to 25,000 students in just 15 counties at a cost of $3 million. Running Summer EBT statewide, officials estimated, would have cost about $4 million, though that bill could have been smaller if the state had applied for a $1.1 million federal grant to cover administrative costs. 

“The economics of it doesn’t make sense when the state could have reached 700,000 kids across the state,” Anderson said. “It feels almost cruel to do something so limited when you know you could be serving so many more kids.”

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Massive Fraud in AZ School Voucher Program

From News 12, Phoenix:

 PHOENIX — Home and private school parents with Empowerment Scholarship Accounts for their kids bought diamond rings and necklaces, Kenmore appliances, and even lingerie with education tax dollars, a 12News investigation has found.

Parents of ESA children also purchased more than 200 Apple iPhones, more than 50 smart TVs, and dozens of gift cards worth up to $500 each since last November, when the state Department of Education began automatically approving all ESA requests because of a massive backlog.

The 12News I-Team, through a public records request, also uncovered more than $3 million in purchases to Amazon, Costco, and Best Buy, with no indication of what was bought. There were also nearly $2,000 payments to a person identified as "me" and "Jamie the tutor," as well as for a purse.

Many of the purchases are considered "unallowable" under ESA guidelines, and Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne said his office eventually will claw back the money. A spokesman said Monday that parents may be referred to the Attorney General's Office for prosecution, and 400 accounts have been suspended because of improper spending.

"Most people are honest and request reasonable things," Horne said. "The unreasonable ones are about 1 percent, and we recover them afterwards….So, there’s nothing where people can get away with murder on things under $2,000.”

The I-Team's public records request was made after 12News uncovered that 1.2 million ESA requests totaling $124 million were automatically approved since late last year.

The Department of Education's website said the ESA program, which has about 90,000 kids and will cost the state $1 billion this school year, "may be the most accountable program in the state."

Beth Lewis, who leads Save Our Schools, Arizona, said that's laughable.

"Tom Horne has instituted this policy, which is, you know, the exact opposite of any sort of financial stewardship or responsibility," Lewis said. "We have no idea where the funds are going, and whether they’re being used to just improve people’s homes or pay for things that no other person in the state would ask people to pay for.”

The questionable -- and possibly illegal -- ESA spending was uncovered by 12News as a Maricopa County judge ruled last week that Arizona isn’t properly funding capital needs for its public schools, calling it unconstitutional.

In Judge Dewain Fox's 114-page ruling, the judge included several pictures of damaged roofs, cracked floors and peeling walls from various schools across Arizona to emphasize how some districts "languish with substandard facilities for years."

Other purchases automatically approved include:

• Two 1-carat diamond rings and several necklaces.
• Kenmore washers, dryers, and a range.
• Gift cards to Kohl's and Happy Moments, which can be used at restaurants and clothing.
• Gaming laptops.
• Apple iPods and watches along with warranties.
• Hotel and resort stays, including Knott's Berry Farm, Great Wolf Lodge and Hilton properties.
• Broadway tickets at ASU Gammage, including one for nearly $1,300.
• Airline tickets.
• Luxury clothing like Psycho Bunny.
• Maternity wear and corsets.
• Diapers.
• Dog food.
• High-end office furniture like a $1,750 Herman Miller Embody Ergonomic Office Chair.
• Sports camps.
• Dozens of Lego sets, including 15 for more than $1,000 each.
• Above-ground pools.
• Personal fitness training.
• More than 300 purchases at The San Diego Zoo and SeaWorld.
• Traeger grills.
• Electric bikes and mopeds.
• Massive inflatable water slides.
• Horse saddles.

Marisol Garcia, president of the Arizona Education Association, said it's shameful that ESA parents are making such luxury purchases when so many public schools are struggling.

She notes that numerous teachers are asking for donations for basic necessities like books, and added that public school employees would be fired if they made similar purchases as ESA parents.

"It just doesn’t happen. And there would be accountability, multiple layers of accountability," she said. "Hearing about these extravagant purchases breaks my heart."

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