re: #797 sattv4u2

And the vouchers would come out of,,,
the public ed portion of your property taxes. So why not just eliminate the middle man. A line item on your state tax return to show (with attached proof) that in the last year your child attended a private school.

Now, does that help the special needs chidren that cannot attend private schools? Actually, it just may! Take a bunch of kids out of your public school, and now there is more room and resources for those children! More non-teaching staff would be available. More para-pros would be freeed up because instead of a class size of 30 that needs 1 teacher and 1 parapro you may get it down to 20 needing just the teacher!

Here’s the problem. It is not just families with children in school who pay property tax. I don’t get a break just because my daughter is long gone.
We decided years ago that subsidizing public schools in this way is OK. If not, then you end up with different rates for “property” tax, and it is no longer “property” tax - a big family owes more than one with a big house.
We can debate this, but I actually have to leave.
(And I think you know I’ll stay in a debate if it is polite; I don’t generally just drop out. We can continue this the next time we’re both logged in.)