Maybe this wouldn't violate any Federal regs (I don't know), but state departments of education would be a more pertinent place to look. There are 50 sets of rules.

Also, the local school districts, who negotiate contracts with individual chapters of teachers' unions, would have the ultimate say over whether this kind of thing is allowed. Especially the part about using the child as a messenger.

I think it's appalling. Also tasteless, but this is politics, after all.

If a teachers' union, like any other organized group, wants to buy part of a newspaper or air time to support their candidate, or wants to send representatives to speak at school board meetings in support of candidates, that's OK with me. But to use the personal relationship teachers develop with parents of their students to attempt to influence an election on such a scale is just wrong.

Pat Tornillo hasn't used tax dollars for this any more than the people who spam my mailbox are using library dollars. Maybe tax pennies. Maybe.

Regards--
Mary Anne