Vulture Voucher Bill Latest in Mike Turzai’s Quest to Please Betsy DeVos in PA
The best way to help a struggling public school is to cannibalize it.
At least that’s what Betsy DeVos thinks – and so does her Pennsylvania puppet Mike Turzai.
The Republican Speaker of the state House is expected to propose a school voucher bill Monday that will treat Harrisburg Schools as nothing more than carrion fit for plunder by school privatization vultures.
But instead of helping the school and its students get back on their feet, Turzai proposes siphoning away as much as $8.5 million in state funding set aside for the school’s aide. Alternatively, that money would go to help offset some of the cost of sending Harrisburg students to private or parochial schools if they so desire.
However in lieu of any safeguards to make sure these children fleeing from the public system receive the same quality of services required by state law, Turzai’s bill goes out of its way to protect the vultures!
Under House Bill 1800, private or parochial schools won’t be held as accountable for how they spend the money they plunder from Harrisburg nor will it force them to CONTINUE READING: Vulture Voucher Bill Latest in Mike Turzai’s Quest to Please Betsy DeVos in PA | gadflyonthewallblog
