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First of all, replace "accreditation" for my error in spelling.

Secondly, do you really think that private schools will be able to withstand suits brought by teachers who believe there has been discrimination in hiring practices at a govenment funded (and, therefore, no longer) private school?

And, how will private schools be able to maintain private school admissions standards? Won't they be "discriminating" if they don't take a student with "special needs" or with a "disciplinary record"?

And, if, as is the case in Florida, the students are required to take the state "assessment," who really controls the curriculum?

do you really think that private schools will be able to withstand suits brought by teachers who believe there has been discrimination in hiring practices at a govenment funded (and, therefore, no longer) private school?

Your premise is false. They are not government funded. See my post #19. The student is not a conduit for government funds. The funds have been rebated to the parent, the parent is making a free choice as to how the parents 'ed dollars' get spent.

I think you are not quite seeing this correctly. You do not become "government funded" simply by accepting one student with a voucher. No court will see it that way.

And, how will private schools be able to maintain private school admissions standards? Won't they be "discriminating" if they don't take a student with "special needs" or with a "disciplinary record"?

This simply just will not happen. Like I said, most private schools will probably consult an attorney before they even accept a voucher student. If the school "changed" some rules because of whatever, then it would go broke, because parents would just take their kids out and send them to another private school that didn't accept voucher students.

If ANY court rules that once a private school accepts vouchers, its no longer private accept that they are privately funded, then no private school will accept vouchers. Its that simple. You are forgeting that it is the school's choice to take vouchers. No court will rule that private schools have to accept voucher students. There is as much basis for that as there would be for saying private companies have to hire any former government employee.

"And, how will private schools be able to maintain private school admissions standards? Won't they be "discriminating" if they don't take a student with "special needs" or with a "disciplinary record"?"

This is one thing that skews the public vs. private school comparison. Not only do public schools have to take anybody who walks in the door, but private schools have kids in them whose parents have on average a much higher personal committment to their kids' education. If public schools could toss every kid who's a distraction to educating the rest of the students, they'd have a much better record.

"Won't they be "discriminating" if they don't take a student with "special needs" or with a "disciplinary record"?"

This has been going on for years, even without vouchers. The private schools will not tolerate a problem child, and do not have the money to take care of students with special needs.