Arkansas state legislator proposes cutting school lunch funding to improve reading.

[sinkingfeeling]

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Rep. Alan Clark (R-Lonsdale) proposed a bill that would cut lunch funding in schools that struggle with reading, and he is working to get others to support the idea.

Clark's proposed bill, if passed, would reduce a district’s “national school lunch funding” if they’re struggling in the reading department over a period of time.

"I am not new to controversy. You don’t get anything important done without confrontation and taking a few knocks. Seeing that Arkansas children can read is worth a few bruises. When we were at 32 percent reading proficiency I was told my bills were too controversial and we couldn’t do any better than we were. Now we are at 41 percent so I am thankful I didn’t listen. But that still means that almost 60 percent of our kids are graduating and can’t do the most basic thing we send them to school for well: Read. My bill would require that a school district improve their reading proficiency by .0001 every 2 years. In most businesses I would be laughed at for suggesting such a small goal. But sadly many educators act like I have asked them to storm the beaches at Normandy. Improve .0001 every 2 years. Basically, the standard is just don’t go backwards.

It appears I have much more faith in our schools than many of our educators do."

[struggle4progress]

1. "Starve the lil fuggers if they ain't read so good!"

Wit and Wisdom from Arkansas, Chapter 2

[BigmanPigman]

2. Schools and kids are not a business you idiot.

YOU need to go back to school!

[GoCubsGo]

3. Soulless and clueless.

This dregs of humanity must never have been hungry in his life. If he had been, he'd know how hard it is to learn when one is starving. What a disgusting fuck.

[sakabatou]

4. Ugh....

[LiberalArkie]

5. What they need to do is cut the school administrators pay

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. Why would any sentient being think it needs to be a choice?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Kids learn to read much faster when they're hungry, right?

Asshole.

[Dennis Donovan]

8. What a complete dick...

[smirkymonkey]

9. Right! That'll show 'em!

Sadistic asshole!

[exboyfil]

10. Like something out of Dickens

Except they would of said he was over the top.

[bitterross]

11. Hungry childreren do not learn as well as kids who have food.

There are many, many studies about this. Children who go to school hungry do not learn as well as children with full tummies. It's a fact. It is a biological fact. The body, in its effort to feed all parts of itself, steals nutrition from the brain to operate the rest of the body.

This idea is not just stupidly punitive. It's scientifically unfounded. Of course, we know how the GOP feels about science.

Why is it that everything Republicans come up with seems to be some punitive measure?

[TheFarseer]

12. Maybe

They should have to read a page of the bible before they get lunch

[Tucker08087]

13. Yes, because nothing improves reading ability

like a grumbling tummy. Morons! They don’t ever bother to research. They just consider what to take away from people with nothing. Yup, that’ll fix it. 😖