Vaccine Salad and Vouchers – Tennessee Education Report

Cepicky protects products, loots public schools

One of the General Assembly’s leading proponents of taking money from public schools and sending it to unaccountable private schools is also the author of legislation that would ban the government from injecting fruits and vegetables with vaccines.

If that sounds strange, it is.

Rep. Scott Cepicky has never encountered a conspiracy theory he hasn’t turned into law.

TennBeat has more about the product protector:

Rep. Scott Cepicky (R-Culleoka) is either infamous or famous. His description depends on who you ask. Still, he is well-known. During Tennessee’s last legislative session, he led the failed push for school vouchers and passed a bill to regulate vaccines.

He received a lot of media attention for both bills. In an audio recording leaked to News Channel 5, Cepicky said the state should “throw the whole damn (school) system in the trash,” and his vaccine salad legislation made a cameo on Jimmy Kimmell.

Here’s the thing: vouchers are expensive and don’t help children.

That hasn’t stopped Bill Lee and his legislative allies (like lettuce lover Cepicky) from setting aside some $140 million to begin the process of creating a universal voucher program in the state.

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