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(Until it was disbanded in April 2012, ALEC also operated a [[ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force|Public Safety and Elections Task Force]], which adopted such "model" bills as the "Stand Your Ground" bill or "Castle Law" doctrine and the voter ID Act. Later in 2012, ALEC launched the "[[ALEC Justice Performance Project|Justice Performance Project]]" (JPP) in place of the Public Safety and Elections Task Force. The bills associated with the JPP in task force materials obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy and posted by ALEC appear to continue ALEC's modus operandi of promoting the financial interests of the corporations and special interest groups that fund it, such as the American Bail Coalition, according to ''PRWatch''.<ref>Nick Surgey, [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/11/12292/alec-posts-legislative-agendas-while-hiding-its-very-special-interests ALEC Posts Legislative Agendas while Hiding Its Very Special Interests], ''PRWatch'', November 3, 2013.</ref>)
This article is about ALEC's '''Education and Workforce Development Task Force''', formerly the ALEC Education Task Force. Corporations can join this task force for $2,500 a year.<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.prwatch.org/files/ALEC_Corporate_Brochure.pdf "Private Enterprise" Membership], organizational membership brochure, July 2011</ref> For model legislation crafted and adopted by the Education and Workforce Development Task Force, [httphttps://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/Privatizing_Public_Education,_Higher_Ed_Policy,_and_Teachers go here]. For task force directories and meeting agendas, [http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=8072485 go here].
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* "[http://alec.org/docs/ED_2013_SNPS_35_Day.pdf Student Futures Program Act]" (PDF, p. 14)
* "[http://alec.org/docs/ED_2013_SNPS_35_Day.pdf Course Choice Program Act]" (PDF, p. 17)
* [http://alec.org/docs/ED_2013_SNPS_35_Day.pdf Amendments] (PDF, p. 29) to the "[httphttps://www.alecexposed.org/w/images/7/72/2D3-Family_Education_Savings_Account_Act_Exposed.pdf Education Savings Account Act]"* [http://alec.org/docs/ED_2013_SNPS_35_Day.pdf Amendments] (PDF, p. 41) to the "[httphttps://www.alecexposed.org/w/images/0/00/2D10-THE_FOSTER_CHILD_SCHOLARSHIP_PROGRAM_ACT_Exposed.pdf Foster Child Scholarship Program Act]"
* "[http://alec.org/docs/ED_2013_SNPS_35_Day.pdf Early Intervention Program Act]" (PDF, p. 6)
* "[http://alec.org/docs/ED_2013_SNPS_35_Day.pdf K-1 Technology-Based Reading Intervention for English Learners Act]" (PDF, p. 8)
* Sunset Review of "[httphttps://www.alecexposed.org/w/images/b/bd/2E13-THE_PERSONAL_FINANCIAL_LITERACY_ACT_Exposed.pdf Personal Financial Literact Act]"
Presentations and panel discussions to be held at the conference included:<ref name="2013SNPSagenda"/>
December 4, 2004], organizational website, archived by the Wayback Machine on February 4, 2005.</ref>
:"Since the 2004 Annual Meeting, several legislators teamed up with the [[Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice|Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation]], the [[Alliance for School Choice]], the [[Institute for Justice]], [[K12]], and [[Connections Academy]] to form the School Choice Subcommittee. This Subcommittee met at the States and Nation Policy Summit and recommended six strong model bills: [httphttps://www.alecexposed.org/w/images/4/4a/2D23-Virtual_Public_Schools_Act1_Exposed.pdf Virtual Public Schools Act]; [httphttps://www.alecexposed.org/w/images/b/b1/2D11-THE_GREAT_SCHOOLS_TAX_CREDIT_PROGRAM_ACT_Exposed.pdf Great Schools Tax Credit Program]; [httphttps://www.alecexposed.org/w/images/e/eb/2D16-THE_PARENTAL_CHOICE_SCHOLARSHIP_PROGRAM_ACT_1_Exposed.pdf Parental Choice Scholarship Program] (Means-tested Eligibility – Sliding-scale Scholarship Amounts); [httphttps://www.alecexposed.org/w/images/2/20/2D17-THE_PARENTAL_CHOICE_SCHOLARSHIP_PROGRAM_ACT_2_Exposed.pdf Parental Choice Scholarship Program] (Universal Eligibility—One Scholarship Amount); [httphttps://www.alecexposed.org/w/images/8/84/2D21-THE_SPECIAL_NEEDS_SCHOLARSHIP_PROGRAM_ACT_Exposed.pdf Special Needs Scholarship Program]; and [httphttps://www.alecexposed.org/w/images/7/77/2D9-THE_FAMILY_EDUCATION_TAX_CREDIT_PROGRAM_ACT_Exposed.pdf Family Education Tax Credit Program] (Combination of Scholarship Tax Credits and Tuition Tax Credits). The full Education Task Force passed all of these model bills unanimously.
:"The Education Task Force owes a particular debt of gratitude to Wisconsin Representative [[Scott Jensen]] for his leadership as the School Choice Subcommittee Chairman and to Robert Enlow, the Task Force’s public sector chairman, for their vision and diligent work on these model bills. This legislation is certain to become the foundation of the school choice movement nationwide, due in great part to the work of Representative Jensen and Mr. Enlow.
