🚨 Want to understand how this spreads so fast?
In Iowa, a registered lobbyist representing LifeWise Academy on education bills also publicly lists herself as a state director for the organization.
That overlap matters.
Because when the same people influencing legislation are also expanding programs into public school communities, transparency matters.
And we’re seeing this pattern beyond one state.
We’ll keep following the records.
What people are saying:
- Facebook User: Folks, this is only the beginning of an effort to eliminate public education with a group that starts as released time, but will morph into an evangelical Christian ultranationalist school.
- Facebook User: Surprise, Surprise!
- Facebook User: I thought nonprofits were not allowed to lobby? https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/lobbying
- Facebook User: Facebook User that’s a common misconception, but nonprofits can lobby. It just can’t be over a certain percentage of expenditures, generally. The second sentence of that link says this, too. This is long but more clear: https://www.tenenbaumlegal.com/articles/limitations-on-lobbying-activities-the-rules-for-501c3-organizations
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