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I consider public education a function of government insofar as it can be considered an extention of that. Beyond standard weights and measures lies a necessity for establishing a common language, terminology, grammar and syntax, and making it common knowlege, as well as the basic knowlege of mathematics and science needed to deal with the technology those business dealings will employ and rely on.
21 tacticalogic

Which leads to the question, is there a government 'mandate'? -- :

Mission to Mandate Teaching of Constitution Inserted Into Bill
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22 jones

What constitutes a mandate?

26 tl

Bills like the one proposed above by Byrd, are 'mandates' that overstep Congressional powers.