Steve said:
Alice
If this weren't so ludicrous it would be comical. This did happen on GW'w watch, right?
no... it was during Clinton's watch..
In 1996, the federal government attached a provision to a welfare reform law establishing a program of special grants to states for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs. The program, Title V, § 510(b) of the Social Security Act (now codified as 42 U.S.C. § 710b), is commonly known as Title V. It created very specific requirements for grant recipients. Under this law, the term “abstinence education” means an educational or motivational program which:
but to claim it was used properly as funded or even at all for the intended purpose is like asking a liberal teacher to teach it with out snickering..
The program dedicated $50 million annually to be distributed among states choosing to participate. States accepting the funds were required to match every four federal dollars with three state-raised dollars. For the first five years of the initiative, every state but California participated in the program. However, many states used the money to fund their existing sexual education programs and never created abstinence-only sexual education programs.
and then when the results were less then spectacular they claim it failed..
Let me get this straight. It originated on Clinton's watch? Is that right?
Clinton came before the 8 long years of Bush, so apparently the program carried on under Bush's watch? Right? And, the first 6 years of the Bush "reign," Republicans had total control of congress and nothing was done? Sounds like the Bushiviks must've supported it at least 6 of the 8 years. Sooooo, seems like Bush and the Bushiviks can share the blame on this bondoogle.
Alice