Human802 t1_jad2o53 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:54 PM

Reply to comment by HeadPen5724 in School choice bills aim to deny private schools public money by casewood123

I thought a Supreme Court decision last year made it so the State has to fund all private school or none? Isn’t that the point of this bill?

HappilyhiketheHump t1_jad83vg wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:30 PM

Kinda. They still wanna fund 4 traditional private academies but exclude the other private schools.

Real-Pierre-Delecto2 t1_jad9ade wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:37 PM

And that in itself could be called discrimination. This whole thing is a shit show.

HeadPen5724 t1_jae27pj wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:40 PM

The court did say public dollars can go to private schools, but that doesn’t give them free reign. For example, I can start a school up and not teach anything other than PE. The state still has a way over curriculum and presumably they also have a say over discrimination, there’s certainly a legal argument to be made that a school that doesn’t meet a minimum curriculum standard, or discriminates against students would not be entitled to funding. Honestly I’m not sure what the point of this bill is… it seems to be trying to pick only certain private schools while simultaneously restricting school choice for sending towns. The bill itself doesn’t appear to pass muster with the courts ruling and seems to be Ill thought out.