MY TURN: Idaho already has School Choice
Ed DePriest
Can we stop referring to it as “School Choice?” Idaho families already have school choice. If you want to attend a public school; you have that choice. If you want to attend a private school; you have that choice. If you want to attend a Christian or parochial based school; you have that choice. If you want to home school; you have that choice. Nobody is stopping anyone from attending the school of their choice.
What this is really about is funding, more simply put: MONEY. I understand people who choose not to send their children to public schools not wanting to pay for public schools and then having to pay for whatever form of school that they choose. However, this being America, I don’t feel that those who do pay taxes to support public schools should be subsidizing those who make the choice to send their child(ren) to non-public schools. That is their choice, not mine or other taxpayers. The taxpayers should not be subsidizing private enterprises, which private and home schools are. They are private enterprises.
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