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17 thoughts on “Rokita’s new ‘Eyes on Education’ portal prompts pushback from Indiana school officials

  1. Why is this man allowed to continue as the top law enforcement official in our state? As taxpayers, we should all be appalled by his actions and his waste of tax dollars to push his extreme personal agenda and religious beliefs.

  2. There he goes again. Spreading more hate and fear. But worse is Rokita’s solicitation of citizen complaints for examples of perceived bias in Indiana’s schools that poison the minds of our children. It is reminiscent of Hitler’s program of neighbors “snitching” on neighbors to advance the cause of his Nazi party. Does it really need to be said that there should be no place in Indiana for such a program?

    1. Rokita stated that “we can get to the root of a liar – a fake – pretty easy.” This coming from someone who backs the return of the twice impeached, four times indicted ex-president Donald Trump to the White House.

    2. He’s disgusting as always. What should we expect from a MAGA zombie? People like him continue to make IN the South’s middle finger.

  3. All you need to read is “interview with the Daily Signal” to be confident that this yutz is, as always, not working for the greater good of the people of the state of Indiana.

  4. Once again Rokita has exceeded expectations–I honestly did not believe he could stoop any lower or humiliate his office any more graphically. Kudos, Todd, you proved me wrong.

    1. Only if he’s still a licensed attorny by election, and only if neither the Democrats or Republicans can post a candidate. I don’t think Rokita will be the candidate if Republicans can find an alternative. At least two of the five members of the Supreme Court wanted more discipline; I think at least one more will come over to that position after his revocation of his apology. I could easily see a one-three year suspenstion, which would take him out of the running.

  5. If public education is as wonderful as you folks suggest… you should have nothing to be concerned about. I am surprised that there is so little care about the concerns of parents. It seems like teachers would want the feedback of the taxpayers who fund the schools.

    1. Then that should be done through the state’s Department of Education, not the Attorney General’s office.

      The job description for the attorney general is: “The Indiana Attorney General is the attorney for the State of Indiana. The Office represents the State of Indiana in cases involving the state’s interest and provides legal defense to state officials or agencies in court, advises the Governor, members of the Legislature, other state officials, and county prosecutors on legal issues, gives formal legal advisory opinions on constitutional or legal questions at the request of designated public officials and represents teachers in court in school discipline lawsuits where they were acting within their school policy.”

      It’s rather like the state legislature becoming confused with its role of overall governing the state and, instead, bothering with traffic signs and bus routes in a locality.

    2. Dave S., your statement is akin to the “if you have nothing to hide, you should not object to the police searching your car” argument. Based upon the details in the article, it appears that schools and districts are being called out for items which either do not exist in the school or no longer exist in the school, without any due diligence/process. Rokita views himself as the sole judge and jury for what is acceptable for curriculum in our public schools, and this is as not the job of AG of Indiana. I would be interested if the portal would be open to reporting on private schools which teach anti-sematic, anti-Muslim, or racist views to the children, or encourage young girls to be subservient to boys.

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