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landodk t1_jacradl wrote

Reply to comment by Simple-Acanthaceae-4 in School choice bills aim to deny private schools public money by casewood123

I think it’s better to have a maximum per student rate and then standards that receiving schools should be held to. This crap with MVC is ridiculous, but Burr and Burton has never had those issues.

Obviously Manchester made the choice to go that way, but look at a town like Ludlow or Grafton. If their local tax base does not support a full high school, they get grouped into another district, but there are 3 high schools close and depending on where in the town you live changes drive time significantly.

Certainly there is an argument for increased taxes in general, but especially in south central VT there isn’t the population density to support local schools.

In fact with the need for alternative schools in general, I think we should be supporting this, but again, with high standards.

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Real-Pierre-Delecto2 t1_jacsvka wrote

There is a max rate already in place. I could be wrong but I think it's set by the individual district not the state but that could be backwards?. If a private or independent school charges more than that the parents have to pay the difference. Many also charge much less btw.

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