School Voucher Debate Riles Minnesota Senate

The blog consisted mainly of the voucher school process and it detailed how Minnesota is following Arizona's system regarding voucher money. The law states it is unconstitutional to take taxpayer money to pay for private schools given that many private schools are religiously based. Now, Minnesota implemented the possibility of eliminating the large tax breaks so the poor can withhold some of their money and stay in a healthy zone in regards to income. "We need to put more emphasis on public schools instead of putting taxpayer money into private schools," a Minnesota Senator said. And this is for good reason. This process allows the poorer families more of an opportunity in education. "Taxpayer dollars are advancing religion at this time," The Minnesota senator said again. The issue is whether or not public education is taking a fall because private schools have many loopholes to replenish the money a family puts into tuition to have a child go to a private/religious school. The result, a 5-4 win to allow tax breaks for families that put money into private schools; in essence, the families end up with more money because every dollar that goes into school is given back to those families.

I couldn't find any blog in total relation to voucher schools so I found this blog on google blogs. I don't support Minnesota's decision to protect the families that put money into private schools because those schools are based on religion and not every tax payer is in support of religion. The major issue is that public dollars are going back to the families who favor religion and that is not what the system should be; Arizona was said to be the model that Minnesota wants to follow. The taxpayer dollars that advance religion is taking away from any advancement that public schools can gain. It's not a good system to take away from the public schools when they are the norm in society. Minnesota needs to model a new system of using taxpayer dollars and that system should not be for the advancement of religion but, the system should advance public schools in every way possible. The main reason I feel so strongly about my viewpoint is because not every one favors religion and the people who don't favor religion would not want their money going towards religion; some people don't even know where their money is going and they might rather have their money go towards something else, public education that has no religious affiliation.





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