Posted on 01/05/2011 8:30:21 AM PST by Sopater
The new Republicans in Congress have vowed to challenge the federal role in American public education, and said they will seek to turn more power over to the states on many fronts. But one of their priorities is a new federal rule: to give parents in every state tax credits if their children are home-schooled.
Previous efforts in Congress to adopt a nationwide tax break have failed, and currently only three states -- Illinois, Louisiana and Minnesota -- allow some benefit for home schooling.
Will the idea succeed in the new Congress, given some conservatives' longtime opposition, on the grounds that the credits might open the door to more government regulation of education? How would such a system work? Is it a threat to public education, as its critics claim?
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How would oversite be provided to make sure the funds were used for what they say? Wouldn’t this also lessen the tax revenues available for other costs?
Yes.
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Change the federal role in education?
How about ELIMINATING it the federal role in education!!! There is no such Constitutional authority!
I want a tax break on my PROPERTY taxes assessed by my town, because I have NINE children all homeschooled, and two of them “special needs”. They would’ve cost the school collective, at $20,000 per year per normal student and $100,000 per year per special needs student, $360,000 per year!!
Instead, I’m required by threat of force to pay $5301 this year, just for the school collective part of my tax.
Duh.
NO.
With government money comes government control. Keep your money; just leave me and my family alone.
Amen. You know that along with the tax credit would come all kinds of “accountability” provisions that amount to government control. Federal money never comes without strings.
You took the words right out of my mouth. I wholeheartedly agree with you...a resounding NO!
Strings are always attached to government handouts.
Yes.
Next question
Yes. It is not government money, it is my money. But only if there are no government strings or oversight attached.
How about those of us that pay property tax to support the local school but send our kids to private school?
Do we get a tax break too?
I agree that getting the feds out of education is the best idea. However, they will never just let homeschoolers have a no-strings tax break. There will be paperwork, required supervision, checks to see that approved subjects are taught.... and six gets you twelve that the words “separation of church and state” come into play really fast to ban homeschoolers from teaching their kids from Christian curriculumn.
Only if people without children receive the same break.
What home schoolers need is to be left alone.
Do childless people also get a tax credit?
I hope it lessens tax revenue as they add no cost and reduce teachers time and effort.
Since most of the cost is wasted in government bureaucracy we need to starve the beast.
I agree. All persons who do not have students in the government schools should be given some sort of tax reduction.
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