Iinkokeli ziyalumkisa ukuba imodeli yokhathalelo lwabantwana eNorth Carolina 'ayizinzanga', isiya kwingxondorha yezemali

Iinkokheli zempilo zikarhulumente zithi ukhathalelo lwabantwana sele kunzima ukulifumana eNorth Carolina kwaye lunokuba lunqabile ngakumbi kamva kulo nyaka ukuba kuthatyathwa amanyathelo karhulumente kunye nakarhulumente.
Ingxaki, bathi, kukuba imodeli yeshishini "ayinakuzinza" kunye nokupheliswa kwenkxaso-mali yobhubhane karhulumente eyayiyixhasa.
ICongress inikezele ngeebhiliyoni zeerandi kumazwe ukunceda ababoneleli ngeenkonzo zokhathalelo lwabantwana bahlale bevulekile ngexesha lobhubhane we-COVID-19. Isabelo seNorth Carolina simalunga ne-1.3 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi. Nangona kunjalo, le mali eyongezelelweyo iza kuphela ngo-Okthobha 1, kwaye imali karhulumente yokhathalelo lwabantwana eNorth Carolina kulindeleke ukuba ibuyele kumanqanaba angaphambi kobhubhane amalunga ne-400 yezigidi zeerandi.
Kwangaxeshanye, iindleko zokubonelela ngoncedo zinyuke kakhulu, kwaye urhulumente akahlawuli ngokwaneleyo ukuzihlawulela.
U-Ariel Ford, umlawuli karhulumente wophuhliso lwabantwana kunye nemfundo yabantwana abancinci, uxelele iphaneli yowiso-mthetho ejongene nezeMpilo kunye neeNkonzo zoLuntu ukuba ootitshala besikolo sabantwana abancinci bafumana umndilili malunga ne-$14 ngeyure, nto leyo enganelanga ukuhlangabezana neemfuno ezisisiseko. Kwangaxeshanye, inkxaso-mali karhulumente igubungela kuphela malunga nesiqingatha seendleko zokwenyani zeenkonzo, nto leyo eshiya uninzi lwabazali lungakwazi ukuhlawula umahluko.
UFord uthe inkxaso-mali karhulumente kunye nenye inkxaso-mali karhulumente ziye zagcina abasebenzi baseNorth Carolina bekhathalelo lwabantwana bezinzile kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, zivala umsantsa kwaye zivumela imivuzo yootitshala ukuba ibe phezulu kancinci. Kodwa “imali iyaphela kwaye sonke kufuneka sihlangane ukuze sifumane izisombululo,” utshilo.
“Sisebenze ngokuzimisela ukufumana indlela eyiyo yokuxhasa le nkqubo,” uFord uxelele abenzi bomthetho. “Siyazi ukuba kufuneka ibe nefuthe. Siyazi ukuba kufuneka ibe nobulungisa, kwaye siyazi ukuba kufuneka sijongane nokungalingani. phakathi koluntu lwasezidolophini nolwasemaphandleni.”
Ukuba abazali abakwazi ukufumana indawo yokunyamekela abantwana, abanakusebenza, nto leyo ethintela ukukhula koqoqosho kwixesha elizayo, utshilo uFord. Oku sele kuyingxaki kwezinye iindawo zasemaphandleni nakwezinye iindawo ezibizwa ngokuba ziintlango zokunyamekela abantwana.
UFord uthe inkqubo yovavanyo ye-$20 yezigidi ejolise ekwandiseni iinkonzo zokhathalelo lwabantwana kwezi ndawo ibonisa ukuba amashishini amaninzi anomdla wokusombulula ingxaki ukuba anokubonelela ngoncedo oluthile.
“Sifumene izicelo ezingaphezu kwama-3,000 kodwa savuma ezingama-200 kuphela,” utshilo uFord. “Isicelo sale $20 yezigidi sidlula i-$700 yezigidi.”
USihlalo weKomiti yoLawulo uDonnie Lambeth uvumile ukuba urhulumente “ujongene nemingeni yokwenyani ekufuneka abameli bomthetho bayilungise” kodwa wathi oko akuvileyo “kuyaphazamisa.”
“Ngamanye amaxesha ndifuna ukunxiba umnqwazi wam wemali ogcina imithetho,” utshilo uLambeth (R-Forsyth), “ndize ndicinge, ‘Kutheni ke apha emhlabeni sixhasa ukhathalelo lwabantwana eNorth Carolina? Kutheni le nto iluxanduva lwabahlawuli berhafu?’
“Sijongene nobunzima bezemali esibutyhalela ngasemva, kwaye kuza kufuneka utyale amashumi ezigidi zeerandi ngaphezulu,” uqhube watsho uLambeth. “Ukuba ndithetha inyani, asisosisombululo eso.”
UFord uphendule ngelithi iCongress ingathatha inyathelo elithile ukusombulula le ngxaki, kodwa oko kusenokungenzeki de kuphele imali, ngoko ke oorhulumente bamazwe basenokufuneka bancede ekufumaneni ibhulorho.
Uthe amazwe amaninzi afuna ukwandisa kakhulu izibonelelo zikarhulumente zophuhliso lokhathalelo lwabantwana.
“Lonke ilizwe kweli lizwe liya kwicala elinye, ngoko ke sikwiqela elihle. Onke amazwe angama-50, yonke imimandla kunye nezizwe zonke ziya kweli cala kunye,” utshilo uFord. “Ndiyavuma ukuba isisombululo asizukufumaneka kude kube sekuqaleni kukaNovemba. Kodwa ndiyathemba ukuba baya kubuya kwaye bazimisele ukunceda ukuqinisekisa ukuba uqoqosho lwelizwe luhlala luqinile.”