Cuccinelli: Private, faith schools can get public funds for security

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Hat tip, the DCist: http://dcist.com/2013/09/morning_roundup_843.php

Cuccinelli: Private, faith schools can get public funds for security
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/8/cuccinelli-private-faith-schools-can-get-public-fu/

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times Sunday, September 8, 2013

Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II says taxpayer funds can be used by localities to supply private and religious schools with armed law enforcement personnel.

Mr. Cuccinelli’s little-noticed official advisory opinion, which does not carry the force of law, was issued earlier this summer in response to an inquiry from Sheriff Michael W. Taylor of Pittsylvania County. The sheriff asked whether the local board of supervisors has the legal authority to provide school resource officers funded at county expense to local private schools. ... The personnel are uniformed, armed and sworn officers and deputies of local police departments and sheriffs’ offices who are assigned primarily to Virginia’s middle and high schools.
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Unprompted by Sheriff Taylor’s inquiry, Mr. Cuccinelli also said localities can provide funding for private schools with religious affiliations. He wrote that even though the inquiry doesn’t distinguish between types of private schools, it’s appropriate to address because many localities house religiously affiliated private schools. ... “Providing such resource officers constitutes a predominantly secular act; it does not appear to advance or inhibit any religion or create an excessive entanglement with religion in violation of the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution,” he wrote.
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As part of his education plan, Mr. Cuccinelli is calling for a state constitutional amendment to change provisions that bar public money from being used for “sectarian” schools. He’s also seeking to expand a state program that provides low-income children with scholarships to attend private schools.

The comments are scathing.

[gopiscrap]

1. That's bullshit so much for seperation of church and state

if you send your kids to a fucking private or charter school you god damn well know that they don't have the budget of state facility but you still choose to send them there. Well with choices go risks!

[blkmusclmachine]

2. What's different between this and Race To The Top/Obama continuing Bush's Faith-Based Theocracy BS??

[Gin]

3. God.....this man is disgusting

Trouble is......the other one leaves much to be desired.....I will hold my nose and vote dem.