Jindal defends his unconstitutional voucher program
6:34 pm on 12/13/2012
(AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is defending his private tuition voucher program after a Baton Rouge judge ruled it unconstitutional in November.
“It is completely dishonest to pretend today that America provides equal opportunity in education. We do not, and if you say that we do, you are lying,” Jindal said at the Brookings Institute on Tuesday.
Jindal defended the program by calling school choice a “moral imperative.” “To oppose school choice is to put the wishes of the adults who control the status quo ahead of the needs of our children. To oppose school choice is to oppose equal opportunity.”
The voucher program was signed into law this year in Louisiana to increase the availability of vouchers to fund private school tuition with public dollars. The law allocated millions of dollars to put students from low-income families in private schools, but has been widely criticized for