PA: Voucher Expansion Goes To Governor
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The Pennsylvania GOP-controlled legislature is continuing its assault on public education, this time taking a page from the Betsy DeVos Big Book of Voucher Love.
HB 800 worked its way through the House a while back, and it has just cleared the Senate. The bill is a big wet kiss to the business community and to private schools, particularly religious ones. The Catholic Church loves this bill, as does ACSIPA, a network of Christian schools advocating for school choice. Meanwhile, the Pennsylvania Council of Churches is opposed.
The bill expands the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC), a version of the same tax credit scholarship that is behind DeVos's $5 billion scheme. Tax credit scholarships exist in order to circumvent the law which says that thou shalt not give public tax dollars to private religious institutions. Here's how it works.
1) Mr. and Mrs. McGotbux gives a pile of money to Pat's Very Legit Scholarship Organization.
2) The state lets the McGotbux family count their contribution, in whole or in part (depending on the law) as payment on their taxes.
3) Pat's Very Legit Scholarship Organization gives some student at So Much Jesus School a scholarship CONTINUE READING: CURMUDGUCATION: PA: Voucher Expansion Goes To Governor
