(01-19-2022 05:07 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(01-19-2022 04:53 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(01-19-2022 03:25 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  Vouchers should not go towards religious schools.

Why not?

As a practical political matter, I think vouchers would have to start for public schools only, but over time I would expect them to extend to secular private schools and ultimately to parochial schools.

The old "separation of church and state" argument loses a lot of its force when you can go to Notre Dame on the GI bill.

I'd prefer to limit state funding of explicitly religious institutions as much as possible - it just gets too messy, IMO. An especially so when they require religious services, as many do (at least the Episcopal school I went to did).

I'd rather we, the tax payers, fund schools who do not have a religious secondary mission for primary education. We've found that to be more than doable for a long time, no reason to stop now. If a private school wants a voucher, go ahead and cut out the religious requirements and focus on academics.

And if a parent wants to use their voucher, make them settle for second- or third- best, even if they have no objection to the religious teaching. Of course, this would limit true choice to the wealthy...