Re: Vouchers lost in court, deserve no new chance

malcolmkirkpatrick@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> buckeye wrote:
>> Vouchers lost in court, deserve no new chance
>>
>>
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2008/03/2...
>>
>> Palm Beach Post Editorial
> (Discussion deleted...)
>> These amendments relate neither to taxes nor the budget. They relate to
>> policy issues that didn't stand up in court, and seek to get around the
>> court ruling. They are deceptive, a waste of time and none of the
>> commission's business.
> 
> The Supreme Curt of Florida (SCOFLA) did not rule on Church/State
> grounds. The Florida Constitution requires the State (through local
> school districts) to maintain a uniform system of pubic schools.
> Somehow the Court interpreted this to mean that Florida's taxpayers
> may sup****t only schools operated by the NEA/AFT/AFSCME cartel. That
> legal reasoning is bogus, but immunized them from reversal by the
> Federal courts, which would have happened had they ruled on US
> Constitutional "establishment" grounds. So long as sup****t flows at
> the direction of parents, to schools whose eligibility is determined
> by religiously neutral criteria, there is no Church/State violation.
> See Federal Appelate Court Judge Michael McConnell's article on the
> constitutionality of vouchers in the Brookings  institution study
> __Vouchers and the Provision of Public Services__.

Th court ruled correctly. This is Florida constitutional issue. 
Republicans and churches have for years trying to get the states pay for 
private schools tuition or textbooks with little effect. I remember such 
an effort in Nebraska 40 years ago that failed.

Florida schools are in dire straights and inferior to schools in the 
Mid-West and North East. They are underfunded and that is unlikely to 
change because of the senior population in the state. I would not 
recommend that a young family move here. In fact, many new families have 
been moving out.

Many private schools will not just accept vouchers to put you kid in 
them. Most want additional funds or family hours in the school.

In addition, the politicians promised the Florida Lottery would fix 
education, but they cut the general revenue funding for schools for 
every lottery dollar received. In the end the schools gained nothing.