South+East+BAQU

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==== A. LINK – PLAN DOESN’T SPECIFY WHICH OF THE THREE BRANCHES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES THE PLAN. USFG AND NORMAL MEANS DON’T CUT IT. EVALUATE PLAN IN A VACUUM. ====

==== B. VOTE NEGATIVE – NOT SPECIFYING DESTROYS AGENTARY DISADS, COUNTERPLANS AND CASE ARGS, WHICH ARE THE CENTER OF PREDICTABLE NEGATIVE GROUND AND A KEY PART OF EDUCATION. ====

= T - Pre-Existing =

A. Interpretation – “Increase” means to make greater and requires pre-existing policy
Buckley ‘6 [Jeremiah, Attorney, Amicus Curiae Brief, Safeco Ins. Co. of America et al v. Charles Burr et al, []]

First, the court said... an already-existing policy.

Interpretation: Increase requires specification
increase, v. 3. To become greater in some // specified // quality or respect; to grow or advance in.
 * OED, 89 **(Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Online through Emory)

Funding = money made available for a purpose
Edwards, Richard E. Baylor University. The Forensic Quarterly Vol. 91, No. 2, 2017, "91st Annual Discussion and Debate Source Book, 2017-18 High School Resolution, Pages 48-54, MoStateCEW. FUNDING Dictionary definitions of "funding" ... (Ed by an organization for a particular purpose" (Bullon, 2005, p. 855).

==== Violation – plan endorses a concept, but doesn’t specify the exact amount of money being allocated. ====

T – “Regulation”

 * A. Interpretation: ‘Federal regulation of education’ requires expanding federal control over non-federal entities. **
 * 1. Regulation is a restriction or mandate. **
 * Shapiro ’80 ** (Martin Shapiro has taught at Harvard and Stanford Universities and at UC Berkeley. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Law and Courts section of the American Political Science Association. "Federal Regulation of Education," ERIC Number: ED194997, July, 1980, []

Without for a moment ... // federal regulation of the education industry //.


 * 2. Education is the collection of state programs and local decisions. **
 * FindLaw ‘17 ** (FindLaw, "The Roles of Federal and State Governments in Education," []  KVA

When it comes to ... district adopts these practices.

==== ** B. Violation: The mandate of the aff functionally Deregulates education and is an act of self-constraint, not an external restriction on education. At best, they are regulation of regulation. ** ====

** C. Vote Negative to Preserve Predictable Limits and Ground - **
==== ** The core controversy of the topic is answering who should control education policy - ** ====

= **Federalism DA** =

Trump has __revitalized federalism__ — state control of __education policy__ is key.
Roberts 17 — Kevin D. Roberts, Ph.D., a longtime educator who is Executive Vice President of the Texas Public Policy Foundation in Austin, 2017 (“States, Not the Feds, Should Lead Education Reform,” // Real Clear Education //, February 7th, Available Online at [|http://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2017/02/07/states_not_the_feds_should_lead_ education_reform__110115.html] , Accessed 06-22-2017) The __ era of __ Donald __ Trump offers ... __ __ //not the feds, would lead—hangs in the balance.// __

Federal action on education __upsets__ the overall balance of federalism.
Lawson 13 – Aaron Lawson, Associate at Edelson PC where his practice focuses on appeals and complex motion practice, J.D. from UMich, Educational Federalism: A New Case for Reduced Federal Involvement in K-12 Education, Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal, Article 5, Volume 2013, Issue 2, Published in the summer of 2013, [] Every state constitution, in contrast ... This Comment argues that it is not.

==== Federalism is key to solve climate change - utilities prove that federalism is necessary for flexible regulations  ==== Boyd & Carlson 16 (William Boyd Is a Professor and John H. Schultz Energy Law Fellow at the University of Colorado Law School; Ann E. Carlson is a Professor of Environmental Law at UCLA and Faculty Co-Director, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment “Accidents of Federalism: Ratemaking and Policy Innovation in Public Utility Law,” UCLA Law Review, Vol. 63, []) Our attention to the innovation ... must be front and center in that effort.

==== Climate change is a system disruptor and risk amplifier--only mitigation prevents biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, resource wars, and extreme weather events. ==== IPCC 15 (The Core Writing Team Synthesis Report IPCC “Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report”, First published 2015, IPCC, 2014: Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report.” Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland, 151,[]) SPM 2.3 Future risks and impacts caused by a changing climate Climate change will // amplify existing risks // ... as poverty and economic shocks (medium confidence). {2.3.2}

= States CP =

The fifty states and relevant sub-national territories should (Plans Mandates)
==== The counterplan solves __better__ than the plan. States __alone__ promote innovation and accountability---the perm’s __overlapping__ mandates fail. ====

Chopin, Labor & Employment Law Department Associate, 13

[Lindsey H., Loyola Law Review, “Untangling Public School Governance: A Proposal To End Meaningless Federal Reform And Streamline Control In State Education Agencies”,[], p. 442-447, 7/10/17, KW]

In abandoning the current system... chance to do exactly that.

= Neolib K =

==== Reformist approaches like the plan refurbish neoliberal institutions and sap energy from growing radical movements --- the impact is creeping authoritarianism that promises planetary destruction and human extinction --- the alternative is to reject the aff and engage in a politics of refusal that is a prerequisite to bottom up movements. ====

Giroux 17 [Henry A. Giroux, professor in English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University in Canada, “Henry A. Giroux on Militant Hope in the Age of Trump,” //Tikkun,// Jan 18, 2017, []]

Crucial to rethinking the space... But time is running out .

==== The alternative refuses neoliberal recovery in favor of developing collective anti-capitalist pedagogies --- only delinking education reform from capitalism cultivates revolutionary subjects capable of radical structural change ====


 * Slater 15 ** [Graham Slater, Department of Education, Culture, and Society, University of Utah, “Education as recovery: neoliberalism, school reform, and the politics of crisis,” //Journal of Education Policy//, Volume 30, 2015 - Issue 1]

The neoliberal logic of... fundamentally anti-capitalist terms .