Concerns raised over Florida's Corporate Income Tax Credit for vouchers.

[Orlandodem]

Once again, the Republican Party of Florida shows how anti-public school they are. They have set up a system where private schools are not accountable for the public tax dollars they take. See article below.

If the goal of Florida's Corporate Income Tax Credit Scholarship program is simply to reduce state spending on public education, it's graded an A.

If the goal of the program is to improve education for low-income students, it scores an incomplete.

But if the goal is to ensure the same educational accountability Florida politicians demand of public schools, then the program gets an F.

Since 2002, the program has funneled nearly $500 million in tax revenues to scholarships that allow low-income students to attend private Florida schools, many of them religious-based. In 10 years, the program could receive more than $1 billion a year.

The students can qualify for scholarships of up to $4,106, which covers tuition at private schools. In Northeast Florida, 3,316 students participated in the program last year, keeping as much as $23 million out of local public schools.

Rest of article here....

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-10-31/story/concerns-raised-over-scholarship-program

[onethatcares]

1. ah, 23 million

like that could help a kid read, or maybe help another kid learn advanced mathmatics,or become a genetic engineer, or something.


I weep for our grandkids here. After this scott fiasco, we'll never dig out and the bad thing is, the dumbest of the dumb think it's a good thing

to not require thier kids to learn. Meanwhile the school system gets raped by the voucher programs.:banghead: :banghead: