Voucher Vanguard: Indiana’s Daniels Is Just The Tip Of An Ominous Iceberg

[Adsos Letter]

Source: The Wall of Separation
April 28th, 2011
By Joseph L. Conn

America’s public school system and the constitutional separation of church and state are under relentless assault.

Yesterday the Indiana House voted 55-43 in favor of House Bill 1003, a measure that broadly funds religious and other private schools. The multi-million-dollar program sets up a new school voucher scheme, expands a tax credit program and offers tax deductions for the costs of private education and homeschooling.

The bill now goes to Gov. Mitch Daniels’ desk, and he is certain to sign it. Daniels was a chief promoter of the package, and he clearly wants to force taxpayers to fund religious education. He is the founder and driving force behind The Oaks Academy, a “Christ-centered” private school in Indianapolis. Daniels sometimes poses as a moderate, but his education plan is anything but.

Make no mistake. This is not about “education reform.” This is part of national drive to radically privatize education. Indiana is just one of many states where mega-bucks foundations and sectarian interest groups are demanding taxpayer dollars for parochial and other private schools. Their long-term goal to shut down the public school system or leave it so damaged that its role in American life is minimal.

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[salvorhardin]

1. This is why Mitch Daniels favors public money for religious schools...

Yesterday the Indiana House voted 55-43 in favor of House Bill 1003, a measure that broadly funds religious and other private schools. The multi-million-dollar program sets up a new school voucher scheme, expands a tax credit program and offers tax deductions for the costs of private education and homeschooling.

The bill now goes to Gov. Mitch Daniels’ desk, and he is certain to sign it. Daniels was a chief promoter of the package, and he clearly wants to force taxpayers to fund religious education. He is the founder and driving force behind The Oaks Academy, a “Christ-centered” private school in Indianapolis. Daniels sometimes poses as a moderate, but his education plan is anything but.

BTW: DU is choking on your link because there's an apostrophe in it (AU should know better). Here's a working link to the article: http://goo.gl/84Jy0