Supreme Court Could
Be Headed To A Major Unraveling
Of Public School Funding
National Public Radio,
by
Nina Totenberg
Original Article
Posted By: tisHimself,
1/23/2020 9:34:18 AM
In a case with potentially profound implications, the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority seemed ready to invalidate a provision of the Montana state constitution that bars aid to religious schools. A decision like that would work a sea change in constitutional law, significantly removing the longstanding high wall of separation between church and state.
The focal point of Wednesday's argument was a ruling by the Montana Supreme Court that struck down a tax subsidy for both religious and non-religious private schools.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Clinger 1/23/2020 9:56:15 AM (No. 295959)
Good first step. Next we need to eliminate the federal department of education. It's not their job. reference: 10th amendment.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
philsner 1/23/2020 10:19:12 AM (No. 295984)
When leftists talk about "separation of church and state", what they really mean is separation of truth and lies.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
PlayItAgain 1/23/2020 10:24:37 AM (No. 295988)
Snarky little article, but very interesting.
I did not know this was happening.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
ssholland 1/23/2020 10:44:03 AM (No. 296015)
There is not a separation of church and state within the Constitution.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
DVC 1/23/2020 11:01:18 AM (No. 296038)
I certainly hope that there is a major change in school financing. Parents should be free to take the ENTIRE taxpayer supported amount with them to ANY school that they choose to send their children to .
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 1/23/2020 11:24:21 AM (No. 296068)
As a child of Catholic eduction (1st thru 8th grade) and a parent of three children who went to Catholic schools, I kind of lean towards having help with the tuition. The school my kids went to we could not afford to send them to today. The tuition is around $3,000 a year. And even then it sometimes was a stretch to pay it. We went without of a lot of things to afford the tuition. We never went on vacations to Disneyland or Hawaii. We didn't go skiing every year. Our vacations were camping in a big old tent. We were married 33 years before we bought our first new car.
Several years ago, my mom said what Catholic schools should do is every other August announce they aren't going to be open that year. Can you imagine the panic of the local school districts when their enrollment is suddenly thousands more children over night? Maybe then they would see the wisdom of giving money to families who want something other for their children than the government run propaganda outlets.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
columba 1/23/2020 11:26:01 AM (No. 296071)
The separation of church and state mentioned is no more than a left-over Anti Catholic movement that invented public schools as the Protestant answer to the multiple Catholic Schools in the mid 1800s. It is so pervasive that a public school teacher can get fired for saying MERRY CHRISTMAS. The ACLU (Anti Christian Lawyers Union) has done and continues to do its "job".) It is time to use some common sense.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
49 Ford 1/23/2020 11:34:17 AM (No. 296081)
Reasonably well written article, considering the source and writer. Good luck to those Christian parents.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Avikingman 1/23/2020 11:52:34 AM (No. 296101)
#6 has it right.
There's no mention (or smidgen) of "separation" in the Constitution. Nor is there a high wall regarding it in the US either.
Another lib delusion.
What is stated is that the government cannot establish a state religion - like the Church of England for example. The Constituion affords us freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.
None of the above should be new to any citizen of this great country, including immigrants.
Totenberg is ignorant and an idiot. Quite a looker too. But I repeat myself.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Strike3 1/23/2020 12:27:42 PM (No. 296144)
What a glorious outcome that would be. Even the nation's public school teachers would be better off and happier teaching in non-union jobs in private schools funded by the people who have the children. No government control, no democrat donations from the teachers' unions.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DVC 1/23/2020 12:47:02 PM (No. 296175)
#8 ,$3K is pretty cheap, too. I am looking into funding private school education in a smaller city in Georgia for a couple of grand nephews and the cost there is about $11K each per year.
I only attended one year of Catholic school, in a very small, remote Fla city which had exceptionally bad local schools. I attended half a year in a literal one-room private school, with 4th through 6th grade in the same room, same teacher, then the next year in Catholic school. I found the nuns to be strict but good teachers, ultimately, enjoyed the year. So, I am very aware of the benefits of a good private school.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 1/23/2020 2:20:57 PM (No. 296268)
WOW, if this comes about, this would be great.
The state should set expected educational goals for children, then evaluate and certify whether a school meets those goals. After that, ALL public funds should be distributed EQUALLY per student and grade level no matter where they get their education.
This will also create pressure on public schools to improve since they will now be competing for student attendance and associated funding.
This is potentially one of the most significant first fruits of Trump's judicial appointments to the SCOTUS.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
HotRod 1/23/2020 2:26:55 PM (No. 296277)
Those Montana legislators should be all for a quality education, no matter who delivers it. The real issue is that they are against religion. They don't want any students to get religion!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
beancounter 1/23/2020 3:02:18 PM (No. 296324)
Regarding the cost of Catholic schools: my son went through Catholic schools, as I did. K-8 schools can be $3,000 to $8,000. Catholic high schools are $12,000 to $25,000. It's still a bargain compared to the $20,000 to $30,000 that public schools spend per pupil. If more kids went to private schools, the cost of education would go down and the quality would go up.
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