I Kinda Suspected

From the August 1st edition of The Nation Magazine, in an article titled Starving Public Schools:

ALEC's real motivation for dismantling the public education system is ideological--creating a system where schools do not provide for everyone--and profit-driven. The corporate members on its education task force include the Friedman Foundation, Goldwater Institute, Washington Policy Center, National Association of Charter School Authorizers and corporations providing education services, such as Sylvan Learning and the Connections Academy.

Liv's got a posse, and they're both well funded and in the game for their own purposes.