You would have thought that Senate Bill 149 called for dismantling the district and abolishing Dickens' job. Regrettably, it does not. Dickens, nevertheless, laid out a laundry list of excuses and obfuscation that would make Bill Clinton blush. She argued that poor children would be hurt by the school-choice legislation because it does not provide transportation. Then Dickens struck a populist pose by criticizing the requirement that transfer students maintain a minimum grade point average to retain eligibility.
Reasonable people can quibble over details.
But Clark County was the only district to speak out against the bill. And there's little indication that officials have any desire to make it work. If bus service were included, the district would say it couldn't afford it. If transfers were awarded by merit, educrats would cry discrimination. If no scholastic standards were set, they'd object to that too.