School vouchers: Should there be more quality controls?
Georgia will likely see another legislative attempt at vouchers next session, something that thus far has failed to gain much traction in the General Assembly.
An investigation by the Washington Post will likely revive the debate over whether we should allow parents to receive tax dollars to pay for private schools, especially religious schools.
Most national discussions about vouchers assume that parents will use the vouchers for parochial schools. And, indeed, many of the families receiving vouchers in Washington send their kids to Catholic schools.
But what folks don’t consider is that once vouchers are approved for one religious school, they can’t legally be denied to others. Taxpayers could find their money going to schools run by cults equivalent to the Branch
An investigation by the Washington Post will likely revive the debate over whether we should allow parents to receive tax dollars to pay for private schools, especially religious schools.
Most national discussions about vouchers assume that parents will use the vouchers for parochial schools. And, indeed, many of the families receiving vouchers in Washington send their kids to Catholic schools.
But what folks don’t consider is that once vouchers are approved for one religious school, they can’t legally be denied to others. Taxpayers could find their money going to schools run by cults equivalent to the Branch
