Yup. Demand that the school system be fixed. Homeschooling is a good temporary alternative, but it really is just trying to work around the issue rather than solve it. Remember, when you homeschool your kids, the school system is MAKING money off of your taxes.
Tax breaks just make tuition for private school or homeschooling deductible from taxes either whole or in part. However, that's deductible from the Federal Income tax, not the property taxes that are levied by your local school board or the state sales/income tax that is passed by your state legislature.
Voucher systems are better because they take the money you are already paying in property taxes and state income/sales taxes and that money follows the child to the private school or provides the homeschooling family with revenue to buy supplies for schooling. Vouchers also provide the competition for parents' dollars so public schools are forced to compete for the money instead of just lavishing teachers with money and praise and "oh you're so overworked and underpaid" rhetoric.
The whole idea is make the end result better schools where SJW doctrine doesn't prevail and real learning takes place. Since that's the goal, vouchers are a much better system than tax credits.
The issue could be solved simply. Instead of having to apply for school vouchers that are capped in some cases, the federal government should eliminate the hassle of the voucher system altogether.
On your yearly taxes sent to the IRS, you’re asked a simple question: “Do you plan on enrolling your child, aged 4 to 19, into a public education system this year?” If the answer is “No”, you receive the exact amount your state spends per pupil as a refund to you for the purpose of educating your child as you see fit and you automatically forfeit the enrollment of your child in public education a full year. If you say “Yes”, you get no refund, outside of the tax credits normally afforded children, for the education of your child. A follow up question would be “Do you plan on enrolling your child into a charter school this year?” If the answer is “Yes”, your entire per pupil state allocation money goes to the charter school with a series of documents outlining the child’s information, the school’s information, and when the monies will be released for the next school year. However, if the charter school does not have space, then you are still entitled to a refund of the per pupil state allocation and you may choose where to send your child for the upcoming school year. Guess what? You’d see public education fix itself in a hurry because their jobs would actually depend on performance and talent and a healthy, effective school system. If public systems failed to adapt, they’d crumble.
The solution is shuttering public education. Charter, private, and homeschool are the only morally clean way forward. We shouldn’t be spending tax money on indoctrination camps.
Also we must demand transparency from all charter, private, and homeschools. Otherwise we will just take a public social problem and turn it into a private one. And we know how bad private entities can be (I’m looking at you google).
Yup. Demand that the school system be fixed. Homeschooling is a good temporary alternative, but it really is just trying to work around the issue rather than solve it. Remember, when you homeschool your kids, the school system is MAKING money off of your taxes.
If the GOP weren’t cucks and actually meant what they say they would have introduced tax breaks for homeschooling
GOP is controlled. We should all know this by now.
"School vouchers"
Tax breaks just make tuition for private school or homeschooling deductible from taxes either whole or in part. However, that's deductible from the Federal Income tax, not the property taxes that are levied by your local school board or the state sales/income tax that is passed by your state legislature.
Voucher systems are better because they take the money you are already paying in property taxes and state income/sales taxes and that money follows the child to the private school or provides the homeschooling family with revenue to buy supplies for schooling. Vouchers also provide the competition for parents' dollars so public schools are forced to compete for the money instead of just lavishing teachers with money and praise and "oh you're so overworked and underpaid" rhetoric.
The whole idea is make the end result better schools where SJW doctrine doesn't prevail and real learning takes place. Since that's the goal, vouchers are a much better system than tax credits.
This is why DeVos was hired, to get school vouchers and shut down the DoE.
i like her
The issue could be solved simply. Instead of having to apply for school vouchers that are capped in some cases, the federal government should eliminate the hassle of the voucher system altogether.
On your yearly taxes sent to the IRS, you’re asked a simple question: “Do you plan on enrolling your child, aged 4 to 19, into a public education system this year?” If the answer is “No”, you receive the exact amount your state spends per pupil as a refund to you for the purpose of educating your child as you see fit and you automatically forfeit the enrollment of your child in public education a full year. If you say “Yes”, you get no refund, outside of the tax credits normally afforded children, for the education of your child. A follow up question would be “Do you plan on enrolling your child into a charter school this year?” If the answer is “Yes”, your entire per pupil state allocation money goes to the charter school with a series of documents outlining the child’s information, the school’s information, and when the monies will be released for the next school year. However, if the charter school does not have space, then you are still entitled to a refund of the per pupil state allocation and you may choose where to send your child for the upcoming school year. Guess what? You’d see public education fix itself in a hurry because their jobs would actually depend on performance and talent and a healthy, effective school system. If public systems failed to adapt, they’d crumble.
well put pede
The solution is shuttering public education. Charter, private, and homeschool are the only morally clean way forward. We shouldn’t be spending tax money on indoctrination camps.
Also we must demand transparency from all charter, private, and homeschools. Otherwise we will just take a public social problem and turn it into a private one. And we know how bad private entities can be (I’m looking at you google).
I would be fine with that. Now try getting the IRS on board with that.