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> This is culturally alien to me; the students receiving the benefit are not harming other students. I think there was some similar reasoning in a Florida scho

> This is culturally alien to me; the students receiving the benefit are not harming other students. I think there was some similar reasoning in a Florida school vouchers case. (Which might've more recently been overturned?) Opponents of the vouchers program argued that the Florida constitution required education to be "uniform": http://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/15/us/school-vouchers-are-ruled-unconstitutional-in-florida.html http://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/15/us/school-vouchers-are-rul...

Spooky23 9y ago
Vouchers are a means to get public dollars supporting parochial schools. The results are very predictable -- you can look at what happens when religious adherents take over school districts. The public schools die.
- true_religion 9y ago
  What if 'vouchers' were implemented as a tax rebate?
  - Spooky23 9y ago
    Now instead of drawing funds directly from the district, you're subsidizing private schools at the state level. I send my son to catholic school for various reasons. It's my choice and my cost, and the school provides scholarships to help those less able. In my state, only a few things common to all students are provided/funded by the state in private schools: non-religious textbooks, school nurses, some transportation and limited bussing to special education. Personally, I'm comfortable with that model. I am uncomfortable with the state supporting any church, including my own.
    - dismantlethesun 9y ago
      > Now instead of drawing funds directly from the district, you're subsidizing private schools at the state level. In California for instance, 57% of school funding comes directly from the state, so that's no change in funding source. Personally, I don't see a difference between funding a religious school and a secular private school, both are capable of following a particular philosophical bent and applying it liberally or dogmatically. To be honest, I think the idea that we can fund any philosophy except one that touches on cosmology (i.e. religion) is an unnatural discrimination against religion.

Spooky23 9y ago

Vouchers are a means to get public dollars supporting parochial schools. The results are very predictable -- you can look at what happens when religious adherents take over school districts. The public schools die.

true_religion 9y ago
What if 'vouchers' were implemented as a tax rebate?
- Spooky23 9y ago
  Now instead of drawing funds directly from the district, you're subsidizing private schools at the state level. I send my son to catholic school for various reasons. It's my choice and my cost, and the school provides scholarships to help those less able. In my state, only a few things common to all students are provided/funded by the state in private schools: non-religious textbooks, school nurses, some transportation and limited bussing to special education. Personally, I'm comfortable with that model. I am uncomfortable with the state supporting any church, including my own.
  - dismantlethesun 9y ago
    > Now instead of drawing funds directly from the district, you're subsidizing private schools at the state level. In California for instance, 57% of school funding comes directly from the state, so that's no change in funding source. Personally, I don't see a difference between funding a religious school and a secular private school, both are capable of following a particular philosophical bent and applying it liberally or dogmatically. To be honest, I think the idea that we can fund any philosophy except one that touches on cosmology (i.e. religion) is an unnatural discrimination against religion.