Rep. Jordan Pace & MySCGOP's Jeff Davis Go Head-to-Head During School Choice Discussion

This discussion was a live event space held on X August 11th, 2024. There is a second discussion scheduled for August 18th, 2024 at 8pm: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1vAGROlWzRXJl

Important Time Stamps:

00:02:00 - Kasey Grado (School Choice Researcher) summarizes history of School Choice
00:11:40 - Michelle Luft (ConservaTruth) speaks on why School Choice legislation can be dangerous
00:16:28 - Janis Price (Palmetto State Watch) covers the spike in private/homeschool school costs
00:18:00 - Kasey discusses problem with the State + education department + class wallet
00:30:00 - Kasey addresses SC Christian Association ties to American association of Christian Schools and Cognia (federal government)
00:32:50 - Kasey explains school choice = equity of outcome (Marxist ideology)
00:34:20 - Elimination of school choice bill
00:35:30 - PACE Bill: Membership in good standing turning into accreditation
00:37:40 - School Choice in Arizona
00:38:40 - Jeff Davis (mySCGOP) speaks to SC Freedom Caucus financial interests
00:39:40 - Scholarship vs. saving accounts
00:43:00 - Exceptional SC
00:47:00 - Member in good standing vs. Accreditation
00:57:50 - Jim Lee (running for school board)
01:00:30 - Michelle speaks to possible solutions
01:05:50 - Sarita Edgerton expresses want for transparency and to advocate for school choice with money being well spent
01:10:45 - Kasey and codifying laws, covid bailout, and ESSER money. Discusses redistribution of wealth
01:15:20 - Kai (participant) Teacher pay & charter schools
01:17:40 - Kasey discusses teacher elimination, CASEL social emotional learning (SEL/CRT) in SC schools
01:24:00 - Janis covers the pressure on teachers, explains Cognia (accreditation in SC)
01:30:00 - Jeff discusses his background on School Choice
01:34:20 - Janis explains illusion of choice + Cognia
01:35:25 - PACE bill: members of good standing listed
01:36:45 - Jeff speaks to starting a conservative accreditor
01:39:55 - Rep. Jordan Pace confronts Jeff Davis about the SC Freedom Caucus + his thoughts on School Choice legislation
01:58:20 - Jeff asks Rep. Jordan Pace about passage of First Steps