On Dec 5, 2003, at 12:46 AM, Jim Bernstein wrote:
NEAL - None of the "citations" is relevant. The Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) is a voluntary arrangement between the various branches of the armed services and participating colleges and universities. Some high schools also participate. Colleges, universities, and high schools can discontinue their participation at any time. So can the services.
The citations are relevant in showing the basis for government creating and administering ROTC, and that there is no similar basis for a "Peace Curriculum".
While I am somewhat skeptical about the value of the so called "peace
curriculum", it is entirely up to the local school district to determine
if it wants to include such a program. A constitutional amendment would
not be necessary.
If its adherents want a "Peace Curriculum" to have the same force in law as military training, I think it would require an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution.
Neal Krasnoff Loring Park
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