Not exact matches
The Christian Right wants public
money to be used for private religious
education (vouchers), buildings and services to be used for private religious purposes (this article), and they want subsidies in the form of tax breaks,
special exemptions of other sorts, and they even want to destroy Aid to Needy Families so they can drive people
into seeking help at their private religious «missions» where you are not allowed to eat unless you are a Christian, and so on.
Democrats are trying to turn the
special election for a state Senate seat in Westchester County
into a referendum on Trump by criticizing Republican Julie Killian for accepting
money from Dick DeVos Jr., husband of U.S.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
Complicating matters for public school finance directors and
special education providers is a new voucher program enacted by lawmakers last year that, beginning this fall, will funnel
money out of public coffers
into private educational settings.
He says not only does more
money need to be invested
into children, but the state has to realize that it takes more
money to educate certain groups, the poor and homeless, refugee and immigrant children and
special education kids.
Our state pounds the same square peg
into a round hole for every child with the exception of
special education mandates, a relatively small amount of
money for «at - risk» students and an even smaller amount for English - language learners.