IOWA HOME EDUCATORS CAN’T DRIVE
…or, rather, they are thought by their governor to be too dumb to teach it.
Vilsack, a Democrat, tossed aside a bill that would have exempted environmental testing services from state sales tax. He vetoed bills aimed at setting tougher penalties for violent crimes against an unborn fetus, closing election polls earlier and limiting his ability to transfer dollars within the state budget.
Republican-backed legislation intended to encourage Iowans to buy long-term care insurance, seek pre-marital counseling and allowing home-school parents to teach driver’s education also went down in a hail of Vilsack’s vetoes… Lawmakers tried to allow parents of home-schooled children to teach a certified driver’s education course. Vilsack argued the bill “creates a dual system that creates the risk of inconsistency in training.”
There’s that hobgoblin again.
One Response to “IOWA HOME EDUCATORS CAN’T DRIVE”
 Comment by Kate May 15th, 2004 at 12:34 pm |
Can’t farm kids learn to drive at an earlier age? |