Sometimes wishes do come true, I suppose. Senate abandons plans to expand school vouchers this year
In a row over testing for private school voucher students, Florida Senate President Don Gaetz said Thursday that chamber was done considering a top House priority to expand the state’s voucher program this year.
House Speaker Will Weatherford has wanted a “massive expansion” in Florida’s Tax-Credit Scholarship Program for low-income kids. But Gaetz and other senators had wanted more accountability for the students using the vouchers to atend private, mostly religious schools.
But Thursday, Sen. Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, asked that his bill expanding the program be removed from further consideration — a move that makes it highly unlikely the chamber will take it back up.
Once again, the Florida Senate rescues us from the Florida House!
Thanks, Senators!
There must be more of a story behind this than just a seeming lapse into common sense, but considering the deplorable condition of the state legislature overall, any ray of sunshine is welcome.
Great news, but lets not forget there are still 120 plus schools in our state that are openly teaching creationism and useing tax payers money to do so. This is just the end of a battle,the war is still on.
It looks like today’s issue isn’t about money or good education.
From what I’ve found the state voucher program provides around half the cost of a student in public school. So the issue cant’ be about the money, the state saves tons of cash. It’ true, private schools can’t provide many of the amenities that a government funded monopoly can serve up. Many private schools don’t have bus pick up, lunch rooms, or even a decent sports program. Parents have to sacrifice time and the majority must pay again for their child’s education after having already paid for it in taxes. But still over 300,000 students attend private schools in Florida. Presently over 60,000 students are getting some form of ad through vouchers and another 25,000 would have liked to help expand the private school.
Why are privet schools here? Perhaps many parents find the possibility their child will be taught trash instead of education as too costly.. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2540712/Hugging-massage-fantasy-listed-explicit-acts-ways-express-sexual-feelings-MIDDLE-SCHOOL.html
Or maybe it’s the free condoms in public school which silently say, sex is ok anytime with one to these. And if their daughter happens to get laid and nocked up, it’s ok. The public school will help her have the unborn child disposed of without the parents knowledge. There is a higher probability that a public school student will be readily exposed to sexual previsions, humanist, atheistic, and antichrist ideology than in a private school. Most every very student and person will experience such information to these things at some point, but it doesn’t have be in first grade or considered acceptably right. And our favorite, the mutated apelike creature saga. The founding moral principals of our nation are now illegal in a public school.
“Students in private schools consistently score well above the national average. Private school teachers are more likely than public school teachers to report being satisfied with teaching at their school. The numbers do make a great case for sending your kids to private school …and then theres tuition” http://www.statisticbrain.com/private-school-statistics/
Lots of good reasons to send a kid to a private school. Money well spent if you can afford it.
Chris
There is NO anti religious anti Bejebus ideology in pubic schools because religious indoctrination does not belong in public schools, period.
The founding moral principles you toute include the seperation of church and state? or did you forget about that. Speaking about the wonderful “moral principles” does that include slavery just as your babble book condones?
I’m sure you are in favor private religious schools,they can turn students into mindless godbots just like you.
Ivorygirl, I guess I was wrong. You really are as ignorant and stupid as you appear to be. Ignorance can usually be overcome, but you can’t fix stupid.
The term “separation of church and state” does not appear in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights or anywhere else in the documents which formed the country. Nor is the term mentioned in any recorded debates pryer to ratification. The “wall of separation ” comes from a letter President Thomas Jefferson wrote to a Baptist group in Danbury Connecticut a dozen years after the Constitution and the Bill of Rights were ratified.
Here you’ll find a list of early public school text books and a little about their content. http://www.angelfire.com/la2/prophet1/educationamerica.html
Not that you’re interested but here’s a little history. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/987191/posts
Chris, You may disagree with Ivorygirl, but please do not call her names.
Joe,
Thank you for being my knight in shining armor, but I’m no damsel in distress. I am probably just as guilty as Chris about throwing out insulting pejoratives. I will do my upmost to tone it down
Joe, No problem.