Oklahoma to vote on first taxpayer-funded religious school in US

The average cost of each public high school student is $15,600 . We could give each student $14,000 and let the public school keep the $1,600 . The average private school tuition is $11,400. So kids could get a better private school education while helping fund public schools at the same time.
 
AProudLefty said:
I do not want to pay teachers to tell the kids they'll burn in hell forever for not accepting Jesus.
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that's not part of the STEM program.......but if it was, wouldn't it be better than telling kids they can grow up to be whatever they want to be?.......men, women, something in between?.....
 
BidenPresident said:
April 11 (Reuters) - An Oklahoma school board is set to vote on Tuesday on whether the state will allow the first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in the U.S. - a decision that promises to ignite a legal battle testing the concept of separation of church and state.

The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board will vote on an application backed by the Roman Catholic Church for the creation of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, planned by its organizers to offer an online education for kindergarten through high school initially for 500 students and eventually 1,500.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/oklahoma-vote-first-religious-charter-school-us-2023-04-11/
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As far as I know most if not all states in this country have a mandated public curriculum, even for religious schools and other private schools. The line between church and state was crossed 30 years ago. If the state is mandating what you teach then you're a public entity and entitled to public money just like every other school.
 
BidenPresident said:
April 11 (Reuters) - An Oklahoma school board is set to vote on Tuesday on whether the state will allow the first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in the U.S. - a decision that promises to ignite a legal battle testing the concept of separation of church and state.

The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board will vote on an application backed by the Roman Catholic Church for the creation of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, planned by its organizers to offer an online education for kindergarten through high school initially for 500 students and eventually 1,500.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/oklahoma-vote-first-religious-charter-school-us-2023-04-11/
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Unconstitutional
 
ExpressLane said:
We need the voucher system where tax payer funding follows the student where ever he goes. That would encourage them to improve their academic standards. It would allow poor kids to pursue an education in better schools. We could send 90% of the tax money with each student that leave the public school and let the public school reap a 10% payment for doing nothing. Students leaving the district would actually make more money for the students that stay.
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I brought this up to the Governing Board at our children's private school but our Board lawyer said that any compensation to parents of private school students would allow the government to eventually control the private schools.

Paying taxes for public schools that are never used by private school students (double school taxation) is the price we have to pay to keep private schools pristine and free of governmental indoctrination.

Government has failed its responsibility to provide schools that teach the basics and not indoctrination of the students.
 
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