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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.