SENATE BILL: Home and Private Schooling Tax Credit Act (Vetoed, Sustained)

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

I'm asking the senate to override the president's veto post haste.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

Senator Scott,

I do think some of the Finnish Model has merit but while reading about it I didn't see anything in it concerning homeschooling or parochial schools. Why is that?

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

Senator Scott,

I do think some of the Finnish Model has merit but while reading about it I didn't see anything in it concerning homeschooling or parochial schools. Why is that?

They simply don't use them.  I am supportive of allowing those means of education as options, but effectively parochial ones would be publicly financed under a Finland-based system.

 And this demonstrates why the national government shouldn't have control regarding education or healthcare. If the federal government controls the funds it has shown it will want to control what is taught. That's why education and healthcare should be a purview of the regions.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

Actually it doesn't contridict. My view is if the federal government is going to have control over the regions regarding education, it would be my responsibility to limit its power to interfere with the educational choices of our families. A tax credit, which is what this is, aids middle and lower income families should they choose to send their kids to a private school or home school them. Its a gradual step towards removing the federal government from the purview of education.