More broadly, it directs the Department of Education to prioritize school choice programs through its discretionary grant programs, and orders the Department of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on how states receiving block grants for families and children can use those funds to support private and faith-based institutions. >
So basically public schools are bad? Why should the public pay for private schooling?
Segregate and control the lessons. A public school probably can’t teach the US is a Christian nation or that being gay is evil, but a religious private school…
I’m pretty sure that the major interest is from people who want a religious education for their kids, which public schools won’t do, but who don’t have the out-of-pocket cash to pay for it.
that’s what it says on the cover, anyway. but that’s just a teeny tiny b plot. the main storyline is the grift. it’s always the grift. who’s gonna make money off of taxpayers. even the religious indoctrination of our kids is secondary for the republicant ‘leaders’
It’s less that and more public schools are already under funded, and this will just make them even more under funded, possibly leading to closures and consolidation of public schools. All of this will make public schools worse and private (mostly religious/Christian) look like a better and better option for your children.
Public schools are funded by an amount set by the government, but private schools are funded by what the school demands. This allows private schools to be better funded because they’ll demand that the money per student is higher, and when it’s the tax payer that is paying it, more and more parents won’t notice or care about price anymore (since it isn’t coming from their pocket) and will pick the better funded school and hope to deal with the consequences (of indoctrination) later (if they know about it at all until too late).
This is something that the Republicans would like since religious schools typically tell students that Republicans (aka God fearing people) are good and Democratic (aka not God fearing) are bad and real Christians always vote for the Republican party. Indoctrination from the start. And the Republicans get to wash their hands of any negative claims because “it’s not a government school” so free speech and all that. Don’t like it? Go to the worse and horribly under funded public schools instead.
So basically public schools are bad? Why should the public pay for private schooling?
It’s both a money grab so rich bastards can feed on government money, and a way to segregate schools.
Also a way to shovel money to religious groups while defunding secular education.
And take money away from education for poor people!
Segregate and control the lessons. A public school probably can’t teach the US is a Christian nation or that being gay is evil, but a religious private school…
I’m pretty sure that the major interest is from people who want a religious education for their kids, which public schools won’t do, but who don’t have the out-of-pocket cash to pay for it.
kagis
Looks like it.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/06/06/us-public-private-and-charter-schools-in-5-charts/
that’s what it says on the cover, anyway. but that’s just a teeny tiny b plot. the main storyline is the grift. it’s always the grift. who’s gonna make money off of taxpayers. even the religious indoctrination of our kids is secondary for the republicant ‘leaders’
It’s less that and more public schools are already under funded, and this will just make them even more under funded, possibly leading to closures and consolidation of public schools. All of this will make public schools worse and private (mostly religious/Christian) look like a better and better option for your children.
Public schools are funded by an amount set by the government, but private schools are funded by what the school demands. This allows private schools to be better funded because they’ll demand that the money per student is higher, and when it’s the tax payer that is paying it, more and more parents won’t notice or care about price anymore (since it isn’t coming from their pocket) and will pick the better funded school and hope to deal with the consequences (of indoctrination) later (if they know about it at all until too late).
This is something that the Republicans would like since religious schools typically tell students that Republicans (aka God fearing people) are good and Democratic (aka not God fearing) are bad and real Christians always vote for the Republican party. Indoctrination from the start. And the Republicans get to wash their hands of any negative claims because “it’s not a government school” so free speech and all that. Don’t like it? Go to the worse and horribly under funded public schools instead.
It depends, is your priority education or public education? That’s what the debate is about