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Federal Lawmakers File Bill to Shut Down U.S. Department of Education
Pushing Back the Indoctrination
Victory For First Amendment Rights On Campus
Should Tax-Payer Dollars Be Used for Private School Instruction?
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is slated to hear a case regarding the use of tax-payer dollars for private education. It seems that the more conservative judges will support this concept. Interestingly, although it grows the tax burden and increases government reach not merely over public school, but extends it over private schools as well, Republicans and Christians are two groups that almost always support this kind of legislation / ruling.
Espinoza vs. Montana Department of Revenue centers on the Montana Supreme Court’s decision to end a state program giving students scholarship aid to attend private schools. …
MENstruating Men
Common Core: School Test Scores Are Nosediving
Expanding 529 Plans to K-12 Private School Tuition and Homeschool Expenses
As Congress moves the tax reform legislation into a Conference Committee, the U.S. Senate version of the bill has an amendment that is not in the U.S. House bill.
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (r-TX) explains what this language is at his website. The “Cruz Amendment” (Sen. Amendment #1725) “seeks to expand 529 College Savings Plans to include K-12 elementary and secondary school tuition for public, private, and religious schools, including K-12 educational expenses for homeschool students.”
Sen. Cruz delivered these remarks on the Senate floor:
…By expanding choice for parents and opportunities for children, we have prioritized
