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Search results for "state legislation to require that every child be tested failed in 2011"

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Doreen Costa stated on August 10, 2011 in a radio interview:
"The studies have shown us that [drug testing for welfare recipients] will be saving us money"
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• August 26, 2011
Dan Patrick stated on November 08, 2012 in a Texas Tribune interview.:
Says the state of Texas rates as "unacceptable" almost 500 of the state's 8,000 public schools.
By W. Gardner Selby• November 14, 2012
Mike Villarreal stated on April 04, 2013 in Texas House debate on state budget.:
Says Texas lawmakers in 2011 ordered school districts to test every student on their respiratory system and weight.
By W. Gardner Selby• April 16, 2013
Paige Kreegel stated on February 15, 2012 in remarks in the state Legislature:
About 800 people refused to get a drug screening because they are "out there on drugs."
By Katie Sanders• February 28, 2012
Jason Isaac stated on August 29, 2013 in a published commentary:
Pending a federal waiver, the 2013 Legislature "eliminated the overtesting of students in grades 3-8 by decreasing the number of tests from 17 to 8."
By W. Gardner Selby• September 12, 2013
George P. Bush stated on January 30, 2015 in remarks at a "school choice" rally outside the Texas Capitol:
A "majority of our students are trapped in" underperforming schools.
By W. Gardner Selby• March 12, 2015
Dan Flynn stated on February 14, 2011 in a column:
"Our children do not spend any time in school learning about our own U.S. Constitution."
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 21, 2011
Cindi Castilla stated on October 30, 2019 in a press conference:
Texas lawmakers "left children able to be sterilized and mutilated at any point in their life" by failing to adopt a law prohibiting minors from undergoing medical or surgical gender transitions.
By Madlin Mekelburg• November 11, 2019
Jimmie T. Smith stated on February 24, 2012 in a House committee debate:
"It was found unconstitutional to drug test elected officials because it prevents us, as citizens, from having that First Amendment right."
By Katie Sanders• March 27, 2012
Michelle Rhee stated on February 09, 2011 in talking to Florida legislators.:
Americans, in the last 30 years, "have more than doubled the amount of money we are spending per child (on education) … and the results have gotten worse, not better."
By Aaron Sharockman• February 17, 2011
Jeff Brandes stated on May 13, 2011 in response to a question about his voting record.:
"Sometimes I was the only 'no' vote on the entire board."
By Aaron Sharockman• May 26, 2011
Bryan Hughes stated on December 01, 2015 in a campaign press release:
"David Simpson actually voted for driver's licenses for illegal immigrants."
By W. Gardner Selby• December 11, 2015
The Coalition for Public Schools stated on January 23, 2017 in an emailed press release:
"Texas legislators have filed voucher proposals in every legislative session since 1995, but all of them have failed to become law."
By Fauzeya Rahman• March 17, 2017
Scott Walker stated on November 26, 2012 in an interview:
Says he first unveiled his new legislative agenda in Wisconsin, not in California as critics complain  
By Dave Umhoefer• December 2, 2012
Mitt Romney stated on September 14, 2007 in an interview:
"We had a No Child Left Behind — a similar piece of legislation in our state a number of years ago, well before the federal law. And it's had a big impact here. It's improved schools."
By Jeffrey S. Solochek• October 30, 2007
Tony Perkins stated on September 11, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“In 12 states, children born alive after a failed abortion have no legal protection, and in three more states children born alive after an abortion had legal rights that governors — like Tim Walz — repealed.”
By Sara Swann• September 18, 2024
Rick Perry stated on August 18, 2011 in remarks during a campaign stop in New Hampshire:
"In Texas, we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools."
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby• August 19, 2011
Ron Johnson stated on April 15, 2024 in Podcast:
"Every Senate Democrat has voted to support unlimited abortions up to the moment of birth.”
By D.L. Davis• May 17, 2024
Joe Manchin stated on December 20, 2021 in a radio interview:
The expanded child tax credit in the Build Back Better Act has “no means testing,” so people making $200,000 and $400,000 would get “the same as someone making” $70,000.
By Jon Greenberg• December 20, 2021
Facebook posts stated on April 15, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says "combined doses of vaccines" have never been tested.
By Samantha Putterman• April 22, 2019

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Mailbag: PolitiFact reader swears Longoria catch was real

By Aaron Sharockman• June 8, 2011

Why Romney likes No Child Left Behind

By Jeffrey S. Solochek• October 30, 2007

Public vs. Private: Sorting out the truth in the debate over school choice

By Dave Umhoefer• April 28, 2013

The 2011 legislative session is nearly over. Will Rick Scott come out a winner?

By Aaron Sharockman• May 6, 2011

Watson's online meeting hits on familiar themes

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• August 5, 2011

A scorecard on President Obama's campaign promises

By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 4, 2012

A scorecard on President Obama's campaign promises

By Angie Drobnic Holan, J.B. Wogan• September 1, 2012

FACT SHEET: Clinton. Obama. Their bills.

By Adriel Bettelheim• March 28, 2008

Reviewing the key claims in the U.S. Senate race

By Tom Kertscher, Dave Umhoefer• November 2, 2012

David Simpson says agent went through airport scanners undetected

By W. Gardner Selby• February 27, 2012

Ad Watch: Val Demings’ ad attacks Rubio on abortion

By Yacob Reyes• June 30, 2022

Fact-checking claims from Iowa's Senate debate on abortion, inflation and the border

By Liam Halawith, Lyle Muller• October 12, 2022

Texas school districts combined are about the size of U.S. Postal Service

By W. Gardner Selby• March 11, 2011

Chris Christie dredges up old claims in annual speech

By Erin O'Neill, Bill Wichert• January 17, 2012

Kathleen Peters, David Jolly attack each other in bid to fill Bill Young's seat

By Joshua Gillin• January 13, 2014

Rick Santorum and the Truth-O-Meter

By Molly Moorhead• December 26, 2011

Positioned to deliver: Scott Walker and his many promises

By Dave Umhoefer• November 5, 2014

Rick Scott's first bill-signing moves the Scott-O-Meter

By Aaron Sharockman• March 24, 2011

Reading, ’rithmetic and resisting COVID-19: The new 3 R’s as kids head back to school

By Michelle Andrews• August 12, 2021

"Born alive" votes fuel abortion fight

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 9, 2008