Vouchers law before Louisiana Supreme Court

[Judi Lynn]

Source: WWL

Posted: Tuesday, 19 March 2013 9:19AM
Vouchers law before Louisiana Supreme Court
Dave Cohen Reporting

The Louisiana Supreme Court is hearing arguments today over the state's voucher program that uses public dollars for some kids to go to private schools.

The man who wrote the bill that pays for poor kids in failing public schools to go to private schools with taxpayer money says keeping that cash in the same school that gets an F over and over just doesn't make sense.

"Why would you continue to pump dollars into these failing schools when these youngsters aren't going to be able to get a good education or opportunity to get a good job?" Representative Steve Carter asked.

He says Louisiana is ranked 48th in education and things must change.

Steve Monnaghan with the Louisiana Federation of Teachers says it is not legal to take money from public schools and give it to private educators.



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[Roy Rolling]

1. Here's a novel solution:

How about fixing the public schools instead of simply paying money to corporations to do the job you were elected, but failed, to do?

If you are a failure at fixing public schools you will be an equal failure at spending taxpayer money to fix the same problem.

[freshwest]

3. Ah, but that wouldn't suit their corporate donors. Need to vote this guy out.

[midnight]

2. Before no child left behind the discussion to improve schools from both

teachers and parents was smaller class sizes.. Not more tests and or fancy titles to curriculum...

[freshwest]

4. NCLB was designed to make public schools fail and recruit soldiers for Iraq.