STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY (D) MISSOURI REGARDING MISSOURI GOVERNOR JAY NIXON'S INTENTION TO VETO SB 493

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 23, 2014                                     

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STEVEN ENGELHARDT (314) 504-4029

STATEMENT BY

CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY (D) MISSOURI

REGARDING MISSOURI GOVERNOR JAY NIXON’S INTENTION TO VETO SB 493

NOTE:  The following is a

first-person statement from

Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri

"I strongly support Governor Nixon’s courageous decision to veto this flawed and very dangerous bill.  SB 493 is a thinly veiled assault on public education, fueled by special interests that are willing to trap mostly minority students in underperforming schools while they assault the constitution in order to advance their own private agendas.

As the Governor noted, this bill would do nothing to fix the transfer problem, nothing to close the achievement gap, and in fact, it would make a bad situation much worse.”

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