Jackson50 on 25 September 2008
| rocketpig said: Jackson, I completely agree. The end user should be the one receiving the subsidy, not the school. Of course, regulations on private schools would have to be tightened and there's the sticky situation of whether religious schools should receive vouchers, but the idea itself is sound. |
The last thing I would advocate is violating the establishment clause, but the Supreme Court created a 5 point test to determine whether or not a school choice program would violate the 1st Amendment:
the program must have a valid secular purpose,
aid must go to parents and not to the schools,
a broad class of beneficiaries must be covered,
the program must be neutral with respect to religion, and
there must be adequate nonreligious options.
Their are still roadblocks at the state level, especially when one considers the Blaine Amendments, but I trust parental choice over state-controlled indoctrination centers (public schools).
