Biden admin withholding key funding for schools with hunting, archery programs
“EXCLUSIVE: The Biden administration is blocking key federal funding earmarked under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 for schools with hunting and archery programs.
According to federal guidance circulated among hunting education groups and shared with Fox News Digital, the Department of Education determined that, under the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) passed last year, school hunting and archery classes are precluded from receiving federal funding. The interpretation could impact millions of American children enrolled in such programs.
“It’s a negative for children. As a former educator of 30-plus years, I was always trying to find a way to engage students,” Tommy Floyd, the president of the National Archery in the Schools Program, told Fox News Digital in an interview. “In many communities, it’s a shooting sport, and the skills from shooting sports, that help young people grow to be responsible adults. They also benefit from relationships with role models.”
This will potentially be a big deal if it stands. I can’t speak for other states, but here in NC most of the school based shooting teams and hunter education programs (which there are a LOT of) are run through vocational classes and programs. Those programs are most often funded at least partially (fully in many cases) through federal Perkins funding. In NC you must have passed a NC hunter education course in order to get a hunting license, and a huge portion of hunters earn that in school. I personally have anywhere from 10-20% of my school’s student body earn their certification through my class each year. If this stands as-is that will likely be changing in the near future.
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GUNS N GEAR
Will this assault on every decent trad. American value never end?
No. Not until we end them.
What’s the matter? You mugs want to live forever?
That’s a serious problem. We’ve known this would be one of the Left/Demonrats goals forever is get rid of hunting, it falls with the push limit meat, control all the food that you. Food is power, Commie-Demonrats love power.
Reminds me of the Rifle Wall Rack I made
using Cherry Wood back in my Jr High School
Wood Shop days. Others made Bows etc.
That kind of thing isn’t dead yet- we still have kids make some beautiful gunracks here too. One of our FFA officers, a wonderful, bright, pretty young lady, made one out of some air dried cherry a few months ago, it was a work of art. I believe she made it for her Grandpa.
Fantastic wwes!
Planers. joiners, bandsaws, table saws, sanders, routers etc.
where and are awesome equipment to learn at
young ages. Can never have enough clamps too :-)
A beautiful skill and art that lasts a lifetime.
Keep up the good works (thumbs up)