Susan Cintra
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@SusanCintra
Mother, English teacher, Madison Co Ed Assoc Pres, advocate for education, equity, and the future of Kentucky!
Kentucky's REAL ID rollout has been a complete debacle—months to get an appointment, long lines, system crashes, and confusion at every turn. Consolidating a service once offered in all 120 counties into just 33 regional offices has left citizens frustrated and underserved. It's time to return the standard driver's license to our trusted circuit clerks in each county. They managed licensing efficiently for 88 years, with local accessibility the current setup lacks. Decentralizing the process would cut wait times, reduce errors, and restore common sense to licensing. Let's fix this mess and bring driver's licenses back to individual counties where they belong! Last Session, I filed HB 518 to fix the broken system—and I will not stop until we get it done. 🇺🇸
We’ve gotten a lot of questions regarding government overreach if Amendment 2 passes. Here is some info to help answer that: -Amendment 2 doesn’t create laws. It only removes restrictive language in our constitution. -Amendment 2 will NOT affect homeschool laws or regulations. That being said, it’s imperative that we understand the history for the need of the amendment. Our state legislators have been trying to implement school choice for years. They created charter school laws and education opportunity account (EOA) laws. Both were struck down by corrupt judges, who are likely influenced by teachers unions and special groups. The judges made up arbitrary excuses for why our constitution prevents them from being funded and operating in Kentucky. Since the judges ruled the funding unconstitutional, our legislators had no choice but to propose the Constitutional Amendment. If the Amendment passes, it will remove the restrictive language that the judge used to prevent us from having school choice options. With regard to government overreach, you can see what our legislators had in mind if you read through our current statutes. Charter schools are public schools. They would have government oversight. But EOAs are a totally different story. EOAs would be funded by private donations made to these accounts for tax dedications. The funds would then be distributed to low income students for their educational needs. The way the current statute is written, tuition would not be covered for students unless the school was in a county with a population over 90,000. Meaning the small town rural areas with private schools would not be able to receive the EOA funding. Within the laws of the EOA legislation, a very important statute was written. This statute clearly limits government overreach for any entity that receives the funds. “KRS141.520(3) An education service provider that accepts payment from an EOA pursuant to KRS 141.500 to 141.528 is not an agent of the state or federal government. KRS141.520(4) An education service provider shall not be required to alter its creed, practices, admissions policy, or curriculum in order to accept payments from an EOA.” From my understanding, this means that if a private school receives the funds for a student, the government could not dictate what they teach or what they do. It’s a separate pool of funds that have oversight from the IRS, and not from the KDE. Our legislators are committed to protecting liberty, while also supporting school choice options. Note: EOAs would not take a penny from public schools, since they’re privately funded. This debunks the myth that our tax dollars would go to private schools. Note: EOAs would be primarily given to low-income students. This debunks the myth that rich kids will get the funds. Disclaimer: While these laws are in place, if A2 passes, they would need to be amended and passed again due to outdated language. Bottom line, Amendment 2 is desperately needed, and would be a lifesaver to our state. Please educate your community members and encourage them to vote Yes on 2!  More info: drive.google.com/file/d/12yq4F3… drive.google.com/file/d/1UCyvPw… kentuckyfamily.org/amendment2/ facebook.com/share/v/UALNyx…
There is a massive line being drawn on this issue. Democrats predominately oppose the amendment while republicans overwhelmingly support it. Ask yourself why? Why is the NEA, KEA, KDE, KSBA, JCTA, KyPolicy, our dem Governor and Lt Gov, and every Democrat politician opposing it? Why is the “Protect Our Schools” PAC using ActBlue to run their donations? Why is the Movement Voter Project donating thousands to that PAC? Doesn’t that raise a few red flags with you, if you’re a Republican?
