HB2400 establishes a grant program for “adult learners” to pursue certain fields of study and provides “workforce retention” tax credits.
The House passed HB2400 on March 16, 2023, by a vote of 116 to 6. We have assigned pluses to the nays because education is not the role of government. This bill only extends the government’s monopoly over K-12 education and beyond. Its exchange of public subsidies for curriculum and other regulatory controls effectively turns every participating “adult learner” into a postsecondary government-school student. Also, the “workforce retention” tax credits mean that “eligible” adult graduates (with little or no tax liability) are later given additional government funds. Freedom cannot be achieved by forcing other citizens to furnish their hard-earned dollars to fund all that now entails a compulsory, failing, and government-run school system.