PIML 96050206 / Forwarded to Patriot Information Mailing List: From: Eagle Forum Subject: C-NEWS: More on H.R. 1617 Sender: c-news-approval@world.std.com AMERICAN POLICY CENTER 14140-L Parke Long Court, Chantilly, VA 22021 * Phone (703) 968-9768 * de the a A Summary Critique of the Careers Act, HR 1617 Below are some of the most salient points which need to be addressed in assessing HR 1617 * Changes the historical function of education. The assumptions behind this shift in the purpose of education cannot be understated. This shift places the emphasis not on the individual but on what the individual can produce for business and government. The end result of this shift will be a reduction in education levels and early career paths for students. People will not be valued as individuals but as "human resources" to be developed for the good of society. Title II, Section 202 (13) (G), Subtitle B, Section 222 (b) (5) and (12). * Subverts our nation's multi-level republic by removing state legislatures from the normal governing process. State legislatures are replaced by Governors as the state authority with final approval of state plans. Statc legislatures are not given a role in formulating or approving a states workforce development plan which will only insulate the process from the people. Section 131 (c). * Creates a linked national, state, and local workforce data base. Despite the provision for confidentiality in Section 132 (amending Title II, Section 22 (b) (1) (A), (B), and (C)) this Act greatly integrates federal data bases which is a cause for great concern. Given the history of the illegal use of personal data by the National Center for Education Statistics it is clear that no further concentration and integration of data should take place by the federal or state governments. Section 132, Section 23 (4) page 83 mandates the compatibility of government data bases. * Government assumes the responsibility of job placement and development for every individual in the U.S. by mandating the use of skill certificates. This Act unconstitutionally strengthens the control government has over individual lives. Skill certificates could become the only means of obtaining employment. * Mandates Outcome-based Education (OBE) curriculums to be used in vocational education. It is clear by the use of OBE terms and concepts in the bill that the "education training" and skill certificates will also include attitudes, values, and beliefs. Some of the OBE buzzwords in this bill are: "competency based applied learning, higher order reasoning, work attitudes," Title II, Section 202 (14). Life long learning, another OBE concept, is mentioned in Section 401 (3) and (6) and elsewhere. * Establishes Local Workforce Development Boards which govern the Integrated Career Centers (one-stop career centers). These Local Workforce Development Boards are given very difficult tasks in projecting business demands for labor, future worker skills needed, job search assistance, assessment of skill levels, and other activities "to accomplish the full integration of workforce development plans" and it is not clear if they can accomplish the task. But, regardless, the organizational form raises questions as to the incentives which would influence the normal relationships between federal, state, and local governments and businesses. Clearly the concept behind these boards is anti-free market. Title I, Sections 106 and 107. * Incorporates existing School-to-Work Act frameworks into its structure. This Act is not a repudiation of the School-to-Work Act but a centralizing and solidifying action. Section 103 (c) (2). -------------------------------------- Send E-mail to eagle@accessus.net ------- To unsubscribe from c-news, send the message UNSUBSCRIBE c-news to majordomo@world.std.com. Contact owner-c-news@world.std.com with questions. * Patriot Information Mailing List * A service to help inform those who have an active interest in * returning our federal and state governments to limited, * constitutional government * Send messages for consideration and possible posting to * butterb@sagenet.net (Bill Utterback). * To subscribe or unsubscribe, send message with subject line * "subscribe patriot" or "unsubscribe patriot" * Forwarded messages sent on this mailing list are NOT verified. * See World's Smallest Political Quiz: www.self-gov.org/quiz.html * Libertarian is to LIBERTY as librarian is to library (DePena) * PIML grants permission to copy and repost this message * in its entirety with headers and trailers left intact.