Amanda Maday Day

Wife. Mom. Educator.

[Matt Stringer @WestTxStringer]

"A moment of extraordinary love" -- The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country announces that over 100k people from all over the world, have donated $30 million to the Kerr County Relief Fund.

[Rep. Vikki Goodwin @VikkiGoodwinTX]

For over four years, Greg Abbott has held school funding hostage.

Now, he is pushing a billionaire-backed effort to divert your taxpayer dollars from local schools to unaccountable private schools.

This is how much vouchers will drain from our Leander ISD schools. https://t.co/tYtDX6XZSm #txlege

[Rep. Vikki Goodwin @VikkiGoodwinTX]

Texas schools aren’t failing our kids, according to the national assessment NAEP. Texas ranked 3rd in 4th grade math, 6th in 8th grade math, 9th in 4th grade reading, and 10th in 8th grade reading. The premise that we have failing schools is false. #txlege

[Rep. Vikki Goodwin @VikkiGoodwinTX]

Greg Abbott is trying to defund our neighborhood public schools.
His billionaire-backed voucher scam would siphon our hard-earned tax dollars out of our public school classrooms.
Our public schools can’t stay open with vouchers draining their budgets. #txlege

[Josh Cowen @joshcowenMI]

What do you call a half-billion $ voucher scheme for already-private students that destroys learning pathways for the rest?

The Kochs and other right-wing billionaires call it a “civil rights” plan 🤦‍♂️

I call it education’s predatory lending @Tennessean
https://t.co/Ir5MNw79Kf

[Suzanne Bellsnyder @sbellsnyder]

SB 2 is a bad bill, y'all.
School Choice might be a good conservative talking point, but this particular bill is not conservative.

-Per the fiscal note, the program will grow government by adding 42 new positions within TEA and the Comptrollers Office.

-Parents will never touch the money (good and bad). Bad: The funding goes through the Comptroller's office to approved "educational assistance organizations" that will hold the dollars for families and then the funds then will go to vendors. The AEO's get paid 5% of the total fund to administer the program.

-Per the fiscal note, the bill costs $1.6 billion in the first two years. $600,000 to set the program up and $ 1 billion in funding and administrative costs in the second year.

-There are 6M + school-aged, eligible students in Texas, and the author estimates there will be 100,000 vouchers available in the first year -- which they call "universal", but those numbers don't add up. And then he did go on to say we can't do $10,000 for ALL the students because we can't afford it.

Hearing is happening now, but so many more questions.

[Jody Barrett For Tennessee @JodyBarrett4TN]

Otis could walk out of Andy’s jail cell any time he wanted. He wasn’t trapped. Families making $170k/yr are not trapped in “failing public schools”.

[Josh Cowen @joshcowenMI]

I hear from quite a few conservative leaders under enormous national voucher lobby pressure to vote against their communities.

My message is:

This political moment will pass. What will be left is what you do for your districts, your states, and for our country.

[Amanda Maday Day @FlossyInFifth]

@KVanthof Sounds like we need to invest in more high school-level education…

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

HOLY LORD, every Christian must see this!

[Texas Tribune @TexasTribune]

UT-Austin reverts to requiring standardized test scores for admissions. https://t.co/uwSJRFDAIl

[Steve McGuire @sfmcguire79]

Billionaire Ken Griffin, who gave Harvard $300 million last year:

“I’m not interested in supporting the institution.”

He asks if Harvard will return to educating young people to be leaders or remain “lost in the wilderness” of DEI.

[NewsWest9 @newswest9]

The Red Raiders will play in the Tall City for the first time since 2019. https://t.co/CqnJhentPt

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Take care of the ones who care for the students.

[Amanda Maday Day @FlossyInFifth]

@andrewcoye ~15% Permian production will be hard enough to get across the finish line. ~20% might be nearly impossible.

[Amanda Maday Day @FlossyInFifth]

@Miriam2626 https://t.co/5e1wrORiKh

[Kaes Van't Hof @KVanthof]

MIDLAND - You did it! School bond passes!

This accomplishment will benefit future generations of this town for decades to come. With this big step forward, our kids now have a bright future. Thank you to all who supported this.

This is only the beginning…

[Amanda Maday Day @FlossyInFifth]

@EFTwife

[Amanda Maday Day @FlossyInFifth]

Say it again for the cheap seats! 📣

[SamSledge @SamSledgeWTX]

Hey Midland…
You can have children in private school and still be in support of our public schools. You can vote YES for this school bond and still be committed to making sure MISD is a good steward of this investment. You can love our school district and still express your concern over poor test scores. WE CAN WALK AND CHEW GUM! We can start working on our facilities while we press forward with academic improvements. Tomorrow is Election Day - get out and VOTE YES!

[Amanda Maday Day @FlossyInFifth]

@TexasObserver @josephineklee “Grethen, stop trying to make ‘fetch’ happen. It’s not going to happen!”