[summer]

And, with respect to the other voucher group not taking state assessments -- the low income public school students who are not in a failing public school -- maybe this is the reason they do not get the state tests:

Their vouchers are paid for by a corporate tax credit -- not taxpayer money.

Now, there are people who oppose this voucher plan, because they claim: the corporation's tax dollars belong to the people, and, thus, by extension, this is in fact money owned by the tax payers.

While the other side of this argument goes something like this: Hey, corporations have long donated money to public school organizations, and that's all this is -- another donation.

Again, I am not certain I am right here, but, I think I may be correct or close to it. The sources of money are different, and the special ed students have a different assessment anyway.

[summer]

Where are the tax lawyers? See my post #43 if you think you have something useful to add here! :)

[codder too]

The partnership between Corporations and the Public (Government) Schools creates the problem with your explaination. Look at Sen Kennedys Committee name...Education AND Workforce development..

The dollars, no matter the source, are used to train "human resources", once called students or our kids. All the funds end up serving the same system and accountability is via Assessments, as "required" by federal legislation.

The low income public school students who are "not in failing public schools" have been assessed by some method. How else has it been determined that their schools are "not failing" and what is the guarantee that they will continue to perform well? Why would any Corporation be willing to pour in funds with no way of evaluating their investment? I suppose that once a "tax credit" is accepted, versus a free and clear "donation" of funds, the corporation has no say over how the funds are used and perhaps some really don't care. That could be a very troubling explaination.