With all of this talk about eminent domain and higher education, and other items topping the Missouri General Assembly's list for the 2006 session, it appears that Governor Matt Blunt is opening the door for educational vouchers.
KSDK-TV in St. Louis just posted an article on its website that says the governor is supporting an education tax credit and scholarship plan for low-income students. The program would call for tax credits to be provided to businesses or individuals who donate to the scholarship fund. Students would then be allowed to attend the school of their choice...whether that school is public or private.
This move should surprise no one, considering the amount of money that pro-voucher groups have been contributing to Missouri politicians, some of whom have been placed in key roles on the House and Senate education committees.
An Associated Press article on the subject quotes the governor as saying, "This is not a voucher, or a tuition tax credit. It's a tax credit to contributors to the scholarship fund."
3 comments:
A rose bush by any other name is still full of thorns. Call this anything you want it is still taxpayer money going toward private (mostly religious based) education. The GOP (God's Own Party) just ain't going to stop until they have a tax funded Bible in everyone's hip pocket, whether they want it or not.
Personally I think it is great. If I could have afforded it, I would have had my children in private school long ago. I would much prefer it to the liberal based education that I have to counteract at every turn at home.
I have no problem with this system IF...the private schools have to abide by the same rules as the public schools. The private schools can't filter out the students they don't want in thier schools, then take govt. money for the good kids. If private schools have to accept all students, I believe the voucher system will work.
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