No one receives just until appealed to the 4th Circuit in Virginia. (click here)
May 21, 2014
By Gregory Malhoit
Without explanation, the N.C. Supreme Court (click here) has given a green light to legislators and the governor to move forward with implementing North Carolina’s school voucher program. But before lawmakers rush to write a $10 million check that will end up in the coffers of private, mainly religious, schools, they should use the short legislative session to take a fresh look at how the law will actually be implemented come August.
The transfer of public tax dollars to private religious schools touches bedrock principles of religious freedom found in the First Amendment. Freedom of religion is central to our identity as a free people. Yet the right to religious liberty is not secure when the government becomes intertwined with religion. And when state government uses tax dollars intended to benefit all citizens to indoctrinate children in religious belief, the wall between church and state is severely breached....
There were over 5550 applications for the voucher program and only 2400 will receive them. The others will have to attend UNDERFUNDED public schools while the Education Lottery is being used inappropriately.
June 28, 2014
By Marquita Brown
News and Record
Most applicants across the state identified their top choice of private and parochial schools. Of the area schools picked most often, only Greensboro Day School lacks a religious affiliation.
Greensboro Islamic Academy showed up as the top pick 170 times — more than any other private school in the state, according to figures from the N.C. State Education Assistance Authority, which handles the vouchers.
The high interest in using publicly funded vouchers at private religious schools will likely fuel controversy about the $10 million voucher program, which stemmed from 2013 legislation.
Leaders of traditional public school systems, including Guilford County, complain that the voucher program leeches money from the schools most students attend.
The state received 529 voucher applications from Guilford County. Of those, 196 received vouchers through a lottery, according to the Education Assistance Authority....
When is someone going to impeach McCrory and his right hand man Pope?
There were over 5550 applications for the voucher program and only 2400 will receive them. The others will have to attend UNDERFUNDED public schools while the Education Lottery is being used inappropriately.
June 28, 2014
By Marquita Brown
News and Record
GREENSBORO — Almost 200 Guilford County families (click here) learned this week that they will receive public money to use toward tuition for private schools.
Much of that money, which could be as much as $840,000 if each family receives the maximum voucher amount, likely will go toward the cost of attending religious schools.Most applicants across the state identified their top choice of private and parochial schools. Of the area schools picked most often, only Greensboro Day School lacks a religious affiliation.
Greensboro Islamic Academy showed up as the top pick 170 times — more than any other private school in the state, according to figures from the N.C. State Education Assistance Authority, which handles the vouchers.
The high interest in using publicly funded vouchers at private religious schools will likely fuel controversy about the $10 million voucher program, which stemmed from 2013 legislation.
Leaders of traditional public school systems, including Guilford County, complain that the voucher program leeches money from the schools most students attend.
The state received 529 voucher applications from Guilford County. Of those, 196 received vouchers through a lottery, according to the Education Assistance Authority....
When is someone going to impeach McCrory and his right hand man Pope?
