\doc\web\99\14\libnews.txt Libertarian Party News April 1999 p. 9 Headline: Affliate News: Reasons to oppose Goals 2000 Charles Test on Goals 2000: "It is about resisting the temptation of federal funding". * Minnesota The federal government's School to Work and Goals 2000 education programs treat children as "human resource capital" said LP State Chair Charles Test in testimony to the House Education Committee -- and the state legislature should protect Minnesota children by withdrawing from those programs. On January 26, Test spoke against HF15, a bill that would make minor modifications to those programs. Instead, he urged legislators to rejct them entirely because they would create an educational system "whose potential for abuse is virtually unchecked." Both programs, he said, "exceed the constitutional limits of both state and federal authority," which is why the "Libertarian Party opposes implementation" of them. Test noted that the programs describe children as "human-resource capital" and empower the state to create a "seamless system of education and workforce preparation for all learners, tied to the needs of the competitive economic workplace" The solution? "We call for withdrawal of Minnesota from federal Goals 2000 and School to Work programs. It is about integrity. It is about resisting the unchecked power of the federal government," he said.