Among the many bills that will be considered in the 2010 session of the Missouri General Assembly is one that would allow parents to enroll their children in any public school system, if various circumstances allow. What is unclear about this bill is if it would have a radius limit, like similar legislation introduced in the past by then-Rep. (and now Sen.) Jane Cunningham, a Chesterfield Republican.
We all know that this bill is deseg by any other means. But I finally figured out what Cunningham’s obsession with this issue is. Most of her districts, the Rep district before and now the Sen district, are in either the Rockwood or Parkway school districts. They want more students, even if they’re city blacks, so that they can get more PPPD (per pupil per diem) money from the state.
Now you see why I didn’t want Jane Cunningham to win?
[...] winner until the General Assembly does what it needs to do. But with deseg-loving luminaries like Jane Cunningham in the General Assembly, they’d probably make the wrong decision [...]