My Position on Education Funding
My response to James Cone and others,
My position has not changed on this issue at all. Maybe you confuse my support for public education would also suggest I do not support vouchers. That would be wrong. I never, ever supported Tuition Tax credits, and I took a lot of heat and likely lost a State School Board race because of this position.
My position has not changed on this issue at all. Maybe you confuse my support for public education would also suggest I do not support vouchers. That would be wrong. I never, ever supported Tuition Tax credits, and I took a lot of heat and likely lost a State School Board race because of this position.
My position is the same as that of LaVarr Webb of Utah Policy Daily. I want to see more (not less) funding of public education. But I also want to see parents have options like charter school's, and private schools as well.
The problem with funding public education is how we currently calculate resources. Teacher salaries and class size is a local school board issue, not the Legislature's. Am I 100% happy with this legislation, the answer is NO. However we need to take baby steps to make sure our kids are not hurt in the process.
What would be a perfect solution regarding Educating our children?
1. Eliminate the Department of Education, and send it's budget directly to the states.
2. States to provide a voucher to each child that can be used for a private or public school. If the student chooses to attend a public school, the voucher would go directly into the account of that local school and administered by the principle as they see fit, including providing merit bonus and specialty teaching (math and science) incentives.
3. The Legislature would provide funding to each district to cover costs associated to maintaining buildings, infrastructure, books, and a baseline budget.
What would be a perfect solution regarding Educating our children?
1. Eliminate the Department of Education, and send it's budget directly to the states.
2. States to provide a voucher to each child that can be used for a private or public school. If the student chooses to attend a public school, the voucher would go directly into the account of that local school and administered by the principle as they see fit, including providing merit bonus and specialty teaching (math and science) incentives.
3. The Legislature would provide funding to each district to cover costs associated to maintaining buildings, infrastructure, books, and a baseline budget.
4. Implement the A.P.P.L.E. in congress.
If both sides would just get off their high horse and see how they both could benefit, we might actually get somewhere.
Mark Towner,
The Spyglass
If both sides would just get off their high horse and see how they both could benefit, we might actually get somewhere.
Mark Towner,
The Spyglass
