Support Sen. Dan Patrick’s quest for school choice
If Sen. Dan Patrick wasn’t already the target of the left in Texas, his advocacy for allowing parents and students to have more choices in public education will certainly put him in the crosshairs. Thankfully, he has Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst on his side but this will still be a hard battle to win. Hopefully, facts will win the day and the ultimate fate of school choice will not hinge on emotions. In that light, here are a couple of resources from pro-school-choice groups.
The first is a policy paper from the Orthodox Union, an educational, outreach and social service organization which serves the North American Jewish community. This is the group that sponsored the Rally for Tuition Affordability that Sen. Dan Patrick spoke at last week. They passed out copies of their Orthodox Union Position Paper on Government Aid to Jewish Day Schools, which includes a short section on why they support choice, a discussion of the constitutionality of school choice, and a few specific policies that they support. A quick outline of the paper:
- Reasons to support:
- Economic fairness
- Benefits the educational system by adding competition
- Social justice
- Constitutionality
- Federal
- State
- Tax incentives and constitutional issues
- Specific Policies Supported
- Security Grants
- Reimbursement for Government-imposed mandates
- Special education services
- In-Kind support (healthcare, textbooks, technology)
- Free transportation for all students
- Energy efficiency rebates and grants
- Tuition Tax Credits
- Tax credits for donations to scholarship organizations
- Education vouchers
read the rest of the article here: http://blog.chron.com/bigjolly/2012/11/support-sen-dan-patricks-quest-for-school-choice/
