Sentences with phrase «public tax dollars away»

Opponents say charter schools aren't held to the same accountability standards, don't receive sufficient oversight and drain precious public tax dollars away from public schools.

As amicus curiae in many federal and state courts, NSBA continues to urge courts to refrain from joining a troubling wave of nationwide efforts to divert public tax dollars away from public schools to fund private entities.

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A Dangerous Intersection: States are shifting tax dollars away from public colleges just as younger generations are becoming more diverse.

Public schools claim that millions of dollars are being unconstitutionally funneled away from children's education, going toward tax - credit scholarships.

The new secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, supports steering public dollars away from traditional public schools, saying tax - funded religious schools are a way «to advance God's kingdom.»

The program has faced strong criticism that it will siphon dollars away from already - struggling public schools and that it was inappropriate to use tax dollars to send students to schools that teach religion.

A dollar - for - dollar credit operates less like a tax incentive and more like a direct transfer of taxpayer funds away from the public education fund and into private hands.

But critics of the program say that the vouchers siphon funds away from the underfunded public school system and sends those tax dollars to private schools without accountability and transparency measures that ensure students are indeed getting a better education.

We as parents and public employees are at the greatest risk, we can't afford to sit passively on our laurels as tax dollars are being siphoned away, assets needed to fund our children's school and our future job security; while P. M. are producing the last thing we need more of — puppies!