The problem is, the Feds have no authority under the Constitution to be involved in educational matters in the first place — these are matters that fall under the purview of the several states, as Tenth and Ninth Amendment matters. You are right to note that "the Federal Regime has no role in Education any more than it has in Religion."
Unfortunately, Jimmy Carter's Department of Education got established anyway. There should have been massive resistance to that proposal at the time, on constitutional grounds. Alas, that did not happen; and so now, the educrats are simply baked into the cake; and they bribe us into compliance with whatever edicts they come up with by threatening to withhold federal funds from the public schools of any state that does not fall into line. Talk about tyranny! Talk about monopoly!
I do believe that universal school vouchers can help to wrest control of education away from the Feds, by putting competition back into the education marketplace. Vouchers ideally would apply to any school whatsoever — public, private, parochial; charter schools, home schooling, on-line learning, etc. Parents have the sole discretion as to what schools their children will attend. And they will seek the absolutely best school they can find, one that is consistent with family values and the specific needs of their kids.
Educational funding goes directly per-capita to the individual child, not to school boards or state educational authorities.
In this competition, the public schools as they are presently constituted may find they lose their formerly captive students to better educational opportunities. Thus, the public schools have an incentive to improve the quality of education they provide.
Just some thoughts, my dear brother in Christ.
Yup . . . That’s the problem.
I believe your solution is the best for everyone, dearest sister in Christ!
Bureaucracies and their money are ultimately about funding the bureaucracy and not about fixing their area of responsibility. Vouchers threaten the bureaucracy and their suppliers, lobbyists, etc. Over time they become a powerful force against change.
They are the thoughtless souls who killed the goose that laid the golden eggs.