This is what happens when you have billionaires directly influencing the government. They are more concerned with diverting those funds for their own agendas and not the good of all American children.
Many inner city families want school choice. Local churches have classrooms and would like a private school. Many immigrants want to send their chikdren to Catholic schools but are too poor.. If the program is expanded slowly and not available in districts under a certain size, then things can proceed in an orderly way. The end result will be overcrowded schools losing students and no longer requiring bonds to finance new buildings. We really need to invite some Swedish educators to advise the governor.
Many parents simply want a school that is strict and teaches their values. Often poor immigrants say they would prefer a strict private school over a public school. These people don't have the money for private school. However, with vouchers, they could find a local church school with no extra fees or very small fees. There will be fewer lawsuits band fighting parents if parents can choose a private school with different rules.
Sweden is a highly developed country. However, the government funds both private and public schools. 69% of students are in private schools. Most do not pay extra.
@barbarabrooks4747 But why, for basic education? What is being learned in a private school that isn't in the public? We arent talking specialized school for music or a foreign language... we're talking the basics that everyone should know. I dont understand
So if the private school is more than the voucher it would amount to a giant discount for those who can afford it and for those who can’t afford it, they would still be paying their taxes ultimately subsidizing the private school cost for those who can afford the difference? Wtf????
Private schools have no problem kicking out violent students, so then where does the student go to school? Plus, many public school students who move to private schools often do not have the academic skills to pass the more rigorous curriculum.
The #1 tax expenditure is for social welfare: Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. In most states adequate funds are allocated to schools, but all kinds of corrupt contracts and ridiculous regulations, as well as lack of automation waste money. In most areas, with non-special needs students, the funding would be plenty in a non-profit private school with good teacher wages. However, funding for Special needs students is inadequate. Dumb regulations like not requiring students to clean schools contribute toncosts . Rules like requiring remedial students to use grade level textbooks instead of assigning the level they can understand is a big problem. Why not test them all the first day and assign the math and classes involving literacy accordingly). It's better to graduate 18 year olds who are proficient at 8th grade reading and arithmetic than to graduate students who read everything poorly, lack general knowledge and can't estimate or do basic math. You have to master one level before going onto the next, yet schools do not teach at a student's level, but put them all together for academic classes. It's very inefficient, and smart students get bored. One private school tests everyone the first day, and assigns students accordingly. It achieves great results with large classes and spends much less than public schools.
What about rural Texans where they may not have any private schools within a reasonable distance and not enough funds to continue to teach the children.
@@barbarabrooks4747 no the point is that the voucher program is taking money from these schools, that is why a lot of rural Republicans are actually against vouchers.
Fund public schools to the proper level first. Then if Abbott wants to, fund his voucher program separately. Let him be responsible for creating the revenue stream outside of the public school money. No double dipping Abbott!!
I've been wondering for the last 30 yrs, what happened to all that Lotto money? When the state wanted legalize the lottery in Texas, there were all kinds of commercials, radio spots, speeches from politicians and the company the runs the lottery. There is ONLY one reason it passed so easily. Every commercial, speech, etc. said the same thing. We were told, over and over that the money made from the Texas lottery would go to schools. We were told about the millions that would be made from the lottery, and just think how much more our teachers could be paid. We'd have the highest paid teachers in the state. Just think how much schools could be improved. We were thrilled. That never happened. I think it was 10 years later, we found out that Texas got between 1 and 2% of profit. I couldn't believe it when I heard that same scam being used in state after state. That's something Patel can dig into if he has a spare minute.
Private schools often discriminate against students with disabilities, especially students with multiple disabilities. If they Gey public money, they should not be allowed to discriminate against any student. School choice often means the schools get to choose, and they rarely choose students who require significant support services.
They don't have the skills to deal with Special Needs. Give Special Needs chikdren bigger vouchers, based on 90% of what the state spends, most likely unhappy parents and teachers will either start their own school or private schools will be able to afford special needs classrooms.
Private schools would accept children with disabilities if they received approximately the same amount as the public school spends on the child. Some students need double or triple funding to comply with their IEP. Plenty of practice schools cater to disabled or problem students Naturally, they are costly! But my guess is that private education could do the job better and cheaper, especially if parents get together and start a school for autism or severe behavior problems. Federal funding could help the larger schools for disabled child to have neurifeedback and physical therapist on site.
Retired after 26 years in Texas public school. There is Bad behavior of kids and parents, poor pay, no support from admin who are in denial or out of touch, poor work ethic of students, and teach to the test., I am conservative but these law makers should spend one day in a Title 1 school as a sub, with SPED kids with behavior plans, low income, high ESL, and high absences. I never suggest and always warn young people not to enter teaching. Most of us teachers want and love teaching but it is a zoo now. This is 100% opposite of what I saw teaching in Asia where it was merit based and you test into the middle, high and university of your level. Since kids compete for the schools behavior and hard work are never in question. Parents push their kids hard to perform in school or the lazy ones are moved to a vocational track to learn a trade under a master plumber or welder. America has failed. Taught in Taiwan 1988-89, MA east Asian Studies Chinese, Fulbright Scholar Japan 2003, Fulbright Scholar China 2005.
I went to elementary, jr high, and high school in Texas, as did my children. Attacking a teacher was not even a vague idea. It would've been like attacking a parent. I wonder why this has become a 'thing'? Could it have anything to do with changing what wasn't broken? Kids had higher literacy in the old days and respect. People can roll their eyes if they want, but before classes had any size mandates, there wasn't this kind of behavior. The reason was very simple. Actions have consequences, every single time, from kindergarten up. The older you get, the harsher the consequence when continue to test the limits.
Wow, talk about ignorance and arrogance. Class limits are about limiting MAXIMUM class sizes. This means more educators per student. You should go back to school.
@@Talon19 Perhaps YOU should go back to sleep, at least you're still. It's hard to look stupid asleep, then you wake up, and it's evident. I was talking about classes that had up to 40+ students per teacher. A reality when I was in school. The problem was NEVER that the teacher couldn't control the class, there were consequences as immediate as the teacher decided. Those consequences continued at home. The problem with large class size was those at the slow end kept back those who learned faster. The teacher couldn't help those behind or stimulate those ahead. Good thing there's a limit or you wouldn't be able to text.
Where vouchers have been used the public schools for the most part have gotten better because they had to compete and that made them stronger. The funding is to educate the students not to keep the teachers' union in full employment.
@ Abbott is withholding public schools funds right now that should have been released in September. He has no right. Those funds belong to the students and not to him to interfere and deny. He’s intentionally bankrupting public schools so they can’t provide a decent education !!! Corrupt!!!! 🤔 With proper funding all improve. I’m not against private school vouchers at all - just don’t further underfund and shortchange the public schools in the process is all I’m saying. Underfunding public schools who are then forced to make cuts that creates poor educational results creates a manufactured crises. That’s what Abbott is doing. As a public school teacher retired I can tell you every year it was we don’t have funding for a reading curriculum- no money for copy paper etc. less $ each year.
Schools taught basic Christian morality and Bible stories until 1960. The Founders never contested this idea despite many not being religious. The moral climate of the country has not improved despite a higher standard of living.
In our society we all chip into public services for our communities even when we individually don't benefit from those services (roads/infrastructure, public facilities/city services... healthcare should be included but that's another issue). I don't ever plan to have kids but happily pay taxes to cotnrobute to public school. This is part of being a good human being and helping your neighbor. Why is this even an issue? Parents already have a choice to send kids wherever they want. If parents want their student in pirvate education, then they shhould fund that with their own private funds.
Many parents want private schools, but are too poor to send their child to one. Probably lower middle class and working class people will want to exit for church schools that don't charge tuition. Probably most churches will want a private school or to rent out class space to others. Of course, secular parents can start their own schools if they don't blind public schools.
Agreed, but public schools are not properly utilizing the funds. I teach public school and my sons attended public schools, but I had to spend my nights/weekends supplementing their education. I see it failing from within the system.
Chilling in for public services is fine, but parents get choices of preschools (childcare credit), and college students can receive grants to private schools. Why can't parents use the funding for the institution of their choice?
@@barbarabrooks4747Separation of Church and State ring a bell. Aside from tax dollars are supposed to be used for public good not private "Christian" schools.
That’s right we have to address the mental health needs of the people living in America and every child should have a pathway forward and we need to know what those pathways look like
More money is not going to help while students and parents are not required to fulfil their responsibilities. Nothing will change while responsibilities that should be the students' and responsibilities that should be the parents' keep being placed at the feet of the teachers.
Money does not equal education quality. Utah spends 60% of what Texas spends per student yet, according the US News, ranks 2nd in education whereas Texas ranks 29th. Florida ranks 1st in education yet spends $1,900.00 less per student than Texas. Delaware spends $4,500.00 more per student yet ranks 33rd in education. Most of the problems with schools is lack of parent participation, not money. Beside, studies show that the percentage of school budgets going toward administration, since 1950 have gone up 700%!
Jailing is not always the solution. I agree there should be punishment but the core issue of how it led to this ought to be addressed and taken care of so that it is less likely to happen again. Unless you're one of those people that believes in prison over rehabilitation.
@@MakeSureYouCleanUp you never heard of a school detention? You never heard of OSS? You’re never going to get through to kids by reasoning with them. The only thing they understand is rewards and punishments.
Yes religious freedom is part of the foundation of America but most people today misunderstand what the founders meant by that and misunderstand the intent of the 1st amendment. Religious freedom means strict federal government neutrality. It doesn't mean banning religion from all public space. The Black lady has no idea what she is talking about. If she thinks it means that religion was always banned in public schools that proves she doesn't know America or American history. Here's the Factcheck on the claims about religion in America in this video: Until the latter half of the 20th century, many states actually did preferred religions and actually did enforce religious laws. Until the latter half of the 20th century, the Christian religion actually was promulgated in American public schools because until after 2001, public schools were 100% a state matter. Remember until the 1970's we still had laws being enforced that banned homosexuality, banned abortion, banned divorce, banned drinking on Sundays, banned businesses from being open on Sundays, some states mandated that everyone in their borders be in church on Sunday, nearly every state even mandated prayer in the classroom and those laws dated back to the foundation of the USA. School prayer was not prohibited until the very late 1960's. A big part of this is because of the huge outsized role the Christian religion played in the founding of America. No other religion on earth, played any kind of role in founding America or in the drafting of the US Constitution. Yes the early colonial Jewish community loaned some money but their faith played no role in America's founding nor in the wording of the US Constitution like Christianity did. Neither the Crusades nor the Pogroms against Jews in the old world played any role in the establishment of the first amendment's religious freedom clause. The religious freedom clause came about because of the interdenominational wars between Christians themselves in Europe where Christians were killing Christians over interpretations of dogma. The intent was to provide a right for all Christians to practice their faith according to their own conscience. It was never to ban politicians from talking about their own faiths nor was it ever to ban anyone from praying on public or even government property. When most immigrants and anti religion people talk about the religious freedom clause they only teach and talk about the first part of it, "government shall establish no religion" and they always pretend the second part doesn't exist, "or the free practice thereof". Most people today misunderstand the religious freedom clause. It doesn't say that states cannot give money to religious owned schools. What it says it the state cannot force people to adopt or adhere to nor can it force anyone to support a particular faith or religion. The first amendment says if a politician wants to talk about his faith in his campaign speeches he has a constitutional right to do so. If a football coach wants to pray on a football field or teacher chooses to silently pray in her classroom, they both have a Constitutional right to do so. As do students. Now I would note that praying out loud in a classroom while the teacher is trying to teach would be quite disruptive and there are rules in place that deal with all kinds of loud disruptions so those types rules have nothing to do with religion but about order in the classroom. The right to the freedom to practice your religion even in school or on other public/government owned property, is extended to the Jews by virtue of the assistance the provided us during our fight for independence. It is extended to the Muslims, historically, because of historic events between America and the people's of North Africa. The religious freedom clause is not about banning religion but about the right to choose your own religious preferences and the right to freely practice and even the right to share your religion in the public square. In India and most Arab countries it is illegal to share your religion in public places. In America those kinds of laws are literally unconstitutional. Proselytizing is a constitutionally protected right in America. All American citizens have a right to not only practice their own religions but they also have the right to share and promote their own religions and even their own interpretations of those religions. It is unconstitutional to ban religion from the public square. Those who don't like people being allowed to talk about their religion in the public square are free to go somewhere else and create their own anti religion countries but they don't have a right to punish or take negative actions against religious people here in the USA and when you deny funding to people because they are religious you are literally violating the freedom of religion clause.
The local college has a course in "Comparative Religions". If the college was in Texas, "Comparative Religions" would compare Christianity with Christianity.
The reality is that we are all going to be at the table in 2025 so school choice vouchers are going to have to pay for all of us. Let’s see how that works.
I think we need to all understand who generates those federal dollars the children in poverty, homeless children, children in foster care and children were special ed and bilingual children. That’s the requirements for the federal dollars how is your state pro providing support to those children?
Have the funds follow the students b wherever they go. If a private school is predominantly poor and in a blighted area, they could have funding for more teachers, aides or tutors or psychologist hours. I'm sure many people would like to help disadvantaged children or parents got special breeds would gladly open a school b tailored to their needs, if funding were available.
My heart goes out to all teachers everywhere and to students that teachers have hurt especially the disable children everywhere those that don't reported, like so many teachers who have gone through such hurting problems.
The heavy subsidized Americans get a lot of government subsidies, including renting properties in HOA subdivisions to attend better public schools. so why can’t the rest of Americans get tax dollars for school choice?
It's not just money. Parents object to string discipline. In many areas, you can't make a child stay after class as punishment, pick up trash or paddle them. About the only punishment you can do is suspension or "time out.". Classrooms have to accommodate all different levels of ability so that the bright students are boted, and the remedial students don't get taught at their level. Bullying, drugs and peer pressure are hard to control in large schools. Bin smaller schoils, teachers and principals often catch bad behavior early. The important thing with vouchers is provide well for teachers and allocate mire for Special Needs students. Large districts require many expensive administrators. A small school can be simpler and cheaper. Public schools generally forbid students from doing janitorial work. Hiwever, in Japan, students clean the whole school. Of course, if students do that, they need protective garb and Google's to goggles to clran bathrooms. Instead of opposing vouchers, Democrats need to protect Special Needs students with high vouchers based on severity of disability, require funds to go overwhelmingly to teachers and teaching assistants. Teachers and students need protection from retaliation if they or parents report waste, fraud, selfie waking and abuse.
We do have school choice. We drove the same car for 16 years. No expensive hobbies, no fake nails, no fancy haircuts, no pricey clothes, our money was invested in our child’s education.
If I have a child in school, I should be able to choose which school and that money should go the school the child is attending. When my child is no longer in school, the government can then decide how best to mis-spend my school taxes.
You have a choice. Send your kid to private school. You don't get to steal tax payers money to educate your kid. Do you understand the difference between Private and Public Funds? The government isn't there to fund private businesses.
The public education system is not responsible for violent students. Poor parenthood is responsible it. But just students should be held responsible, but parents are well.
There is plenty of money in public education. It just doesn't go to the classroom. It's goes to bloated and overpaid administration, sweetheart contracts that school board members get a kickback from, etc. Our system is corrupt to the core.
Yes billionaires running the school system!!! Texas needs term limits!!! He won’t release money to Texas school for public education!!! Trump PLEASE appoint him head of anything!
This is not a funding problem, it is a policy problem and a parenting problem. Policy that keep violent kids in classrooms calling it the least restrictive environment and inclusion cheats the the other 21 or more students of a safe orderly environment. Parents are not nuturing and disciplining their kids enough for them to be ready to learn. Money won't fix this which has good families fleeing public schools. Vouchers won't fix it either because the same problems will happen in private schools too.
Funding IS a part of this. When you pack kids into rooms and pay people BS salaries for the level of education level of the teachers, you are going to have problems. Funding affects things like classroom supplies, computers, or even our school's ability to provide basic things like feeding students. While money isn't the entire problem solver, it is absolutely an important reason why Texas schools are struggling.
Nah, we voted the lottery in years ago to solve the teacher funds and school funding problems. I remember the hype about it. The lottery rakes in Billions on both sides because they tax the crap out of it. I don't want to hear anything about new funding until you allocate the funds already given properly. Also, parents are to blame for crappy kids.
So the president of the Baptist private school said basically said they are indoctrinating their students. 16:26 I thought conservatives were against indoctrination.
School choice was not a "thing" when I was growing up. Every public school was good. When did schools get so shitty? People should understand that the parent does not change just because a child is in a different school. It's so funny that parents want control over their children, but when they get it... they want school choice so someone else can take control...
Sounds more like the parents need to step up. Why do people want the teachers and government raising their kids. And when they try to discipline them then all of a sudden the parent wants to be the parent.
Its a terrible thing that this woman was injured by a crazy student, but this segment is just a propaganda hit piece against parents' right to choose their childs education. California throws massive amounts of money into their school system, and its way more dangerous. I grew up there, and it's a nightmare. It's a stretch to think that if the school had more money, this kid would have been magically a good kid.
If private school vouchers were higher for special education students (based on disability levels), then very likely private schools would be set up to meet their needs. However, small towns may not have enough students if vouchers were passed. Maybe vouchers should only be available if the school district has a minimum number of students. Many parents prefer private schools but can't afford even the cheapest private schools. However, to protect the teachers, vouchers should be required to have at least 70% spent on teacher pay. Public schools should provide advanced STEM and vocational classes to all studentd , regardless of setting because it's very difficult to find enough STEM teachers.
you could go from one school district to other in 1990's. Charters were funded by state too. Not a prob. The problem is removing students like this to specialized schools. But claims will be least restrictive by liberals. I am for vouchers!!! Go where you want to go including religious schools!!! Kids like this with those parents unable to parent will need to shape up.
My children graduated from Texas pubic schools 2008 to 2013. All have college degrees and two have master's degrees. The third is working on a master's. Public schools in Texas deserve adequate funding!
@ you kids went to college themselves and decided what they wanted to do the public school system had nothing to do with your children being successful you did.
And what did you do? Did you study? Did your parents make you do your homework and help you? You are blaming others for your lack of character or brains.
My classmates became semiconductor or telecom engineers after sitting in Texas public school classrooms with no air-conditioning back in the 1960s. We cost little to educate compared to all the spending now. The support staff consisted of the principal's secretary, the janitors, and the lunch ladies. That was it.
The student is disabled. No one in this video said the student shouldn't have been at that school at all. They said he should have been in a classroom with "the care he needed", as it was quoted.
that makes zero sense, Austin public schools are constantly robbed of their funding by poorer districts (aka the "Robin Hood" law) and also it has been a lot or rural Republicans who are against the voucher program as it hurts rural school funding the most.
Just exempt rural areas under a basic minimum size from vouchers, and then the rural districts would accept it. I'm sure most rural parents would like a private school voucher if they were forced to move to a city.
So if that was in Texas then you would cut the public school funding by 67%. I’m sure that wouldn’t hurt the special needs students who have to be at a public school because private schools are not setup to help them. Or the lower income family who can’t afford the extra above what the vouchers cover to try and put their kids in private schools.
If the Special Needs students received vouchers based on their disabilities, it would be enough to set up special schools or classrooms. The key is start vouchers gradually, maybe first in overcrowded areas. If you don't transition more than 5 or 10% of students a year, it would not be disryptive. There are private church schools that would not charge more than the voucher because they already have infrastructure. There's no reason teachers or parents cannot rent unused school space or unused buildings of other types. Sweden has a better education system with good outcomes, yet most students don't pay extra. We need to look st how Sweden does things.b the fact is that discipline problems are more easily managed in small schools. In large schools, troublemakers can be undetected for long time. If you have a small school, all the teachers know all the students, and often problems can be managed well. I think we would have less delinquency if students were in smaller schools. Parents will feel the peer pressure to help at school in a small school much more than in a large schoik. Most if my public school experience was a nightmare. I'm glad so home schooled my chikdren, who now have graduate degrees. I could not afford private school for 2, so I worked part time and homeschooled. I met many parents who wanted a private school, but couldn't afford and endured much financial stress to educate their children at home. I think vouchers would be a great relief to many parents.
@@barbarabrooks4747 yes and also no. It sounds really good for some students but not for all. The voucher would not cover the extra for the child with disabilities as they would need a specialist. And private schools in Texas only have room for another 40k. So that is the issue. And rural counties don’t even have a private school option. So vouchers are only for the well to do and the smart kids for now.. maybe in a couple of years there will be a school for the average to lower end students.. but for now private schools choose the student!! Not the parent or the child. The private school has the final say if your child “fits” in their school. Really sad…
1). This program is starting with 40,000 students. That number will not drastically cut school funding. We have a huge migration into Texas. Many districts are overcrowded and need more buildings. 2). Voters need to lobby the legislature to have larger vouchers for Special Needs Students, based on 90% of what the schools actually spend. With those numbers, motivated parents and teachers can rent unused church classrooms or have some Special Ed classrooms added to an existing private school. 3). Vouchers need to be required to be spent 70% on teachers and aides in classrooms. 4). Private schools can educate for less. They can have students clean the school, for example. They don't require huge administrative tasks. They can use parents to do building repairs. Smaller schools usually have fewer discipline problems because teachers and staff know all the students and can intervene early when there are problems.
@ so you consider 390,000,000 a small number? Like public schools wouldn’t even notice? Please think about things before talking about what is right for Texas! That number is Huge! That represents possible teaching jobs. Keeping schools open. Keeping class sizes from enlarging so children don’t get over looked. Why are republicans only looking at this as a way of profit? That is exactly what this system is. Private schools in other states who have this system are taking in tax payer dollars and the regular tax payers are paying even more than before!! The increases in tuition has went up due to “extra costs” and several teaching positions have been lost. And this is a good thing? For who? The children? The teachers? The parents? The tax payers? Exactly who benefits?
U have to have a serious lack of understanding to think throwing money at this fill fix it. Here’s what you don’t want to hear, the problem is moral. These kids are learning that the universe came from nothing and humans are just evolved slime and that nothing matters. Being raised by single parent homes or grandparents, watching p*rn hub and playing video games. Listening to music about trapping and fckng and partying and drinking. Money won’t fix this problem. And if you think that you are the problem
Most private schools are non-profit. The vouchers could have restrictions so that 70% goes to teachers and aides. Sweden is progressive, yet it has 67% of students in private schools that receive state funding. Most schools do not charge fees.
Absolutely stupid idea. Private schools would never take the least of these in our society. -- Corporations race to the bottom to have the cheapest products as possible - students and teachers are not products!
Courts have held that vouchers to parents are legal. For most of US history, schools taught Bible lessons, had prayers and taught Christian morals.. In was only in thrb1960's that this type of education b was shot down. All the Founding Fathers thought that a republic would not last without a devout, religious population. Even though James Madison opposed a state church, he read a passage from the New Testament at a public school graduation. They didn't want religious tests for office or a state church. They wanted the masses to he moral churchgoers even though they didn't think it was necessary for themselves!
What a load of BS! Texas has been run entirely by republicans for THIRTY YEARS!!! Pull your head out of your tail of blaming democrats when no democrat has held any state position which directs school planning, curriculum, and setting general behavior policy for three decades. SMH
Total bs. Repubs have been in charge of Texas schools since the mid 90s, complete control. Their policies have been designed to force schools into public failure so they can move public money into their private Christian schools and their for profit charters. Corrupt to the core.
This is what happens when you have billionaires directly influencing the government. They are more concerned with diverting those funds for their own agendas and not the good of all American children.
Yeah. Liberals
Many inner city families want school choice. Local churches have classrooms and would like a private school. Many immigrants want to send their chikdren to Catholic schools but are too poor.. If the program is expanded slowly and not available in districts under a certain size, then things can proceed in an orderly way. The end result will be overcrowded schools losing students and no longer requiring bonds to finance new buildings. We really need to invite some Swedish educators to advise the governor.
@@barbarabrooks4747 The whole idea with school choice is to get parents fighting with each other.
Many parents simply want a school that is strict and teaches their values. Often poor immigrants say they would prefer a strict private school over a public school. These people don't have the money for private school. However, with vouchers, they could find a local church school with no extra fees or very small fees. There will be fewer lawsuits band fighting parents if parents can choose a private school with different rules.
Common sense is refreshing in real life.
A country needing private schools for basic education speaks a lot about said country
Sweden is a highly developed country. However, the government funds both private and public schools. 69% of students are in private schools. Most do not pay extra.
@barbarabrooks4747 But why, for basic education? What is being learned in a private school that isn't in the public? We arent talking specialized school for music or a foreign language... we're talking the basics that everyone should know. I dont understand
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@@NopeUghUghAbsolutelyNotPrivate schools do not take state test
In Project 2025 if you go to a private school you cannot be drafted if you go to a public school you can be drafted.@@NopeUghUghAbsolutelyNot
So if the private school is more than the voucher it would amount to a giant discount for those who can afford it and for those who can’t afford it, they would still be paying their taxes ultimately subsidizing the private school cost for those who can afford the difference? Wtf????
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Exactly. It's just a handout to the rich.
Private schools have no problem kicking out violent students, so then where does the student go to school? Plus, many public school students who move to private schools often do not have the academic skills to pass the more rigorous curriculum.
Yup
Exactly
This is what happens when you have a country who cares far more about war and global power, than educating their youth!
You do know WẄ3 would happen if we don't help Ukraine. Watch Red Dawn. Russia would invade us and launch their 2000 nuclear missiles!
No, this is what happens when you got Marxists ruining everything for decades and takes things too far.
Exactly.
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The #1 tax expenditure is for social welfare: Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. In most states adequate funds are allocated to schools, but all kinds of corrupt contracts and ridiculous regulations, as well as lack of automation waste money. In most areas, with non-special needs students, the funding would be plenty in a non-profit private school with good teacher wages. However, funding for Special needs students is inadequate. Dumb regulations like not requiring students to clean schools contribute toncosts . Rules like requiring remedial students to use grade level textbooks instead of assigning the level they can understand is a big problem. Why not test them all the first day and assign the math and classes involving literacy accordingly). It's better to graduate 18 year olds who are proficient at 8th grade reading and arithmetic than to graduate students who read everything poorly, lack general knowledge and can't estimate or do basic math. You have to master one level before going onto the next, yet schools do not teach at a student's level, but put them all together for academic classes. It's very inefficient, and smart students get bored. One private school tests everyone the first day, and assigns students accordingly. It achieves great results with large classes and spends much less than public schools.
What about rural Texans where they may not have any private schools within a reasonable distance and not enough funds to continue to teach the children.
I wonder who their parents voted for.
Simply exclude districts under a minimum size from the voucher program.
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@@barbarabrooks4747 no the point is that the voucher program is taking money from these schools, that is why a lot of rural Republicans are actually against vouchers.
@@barbarabrooks4747It still takes money from public schools.
I’ve already made the decision to quit teaching after this year. Seems like I am getting out just in time
Vouchers are for the rich. School choice exists with 100s of charter schools. This is a scam.
Fund public schools to the proper level first. Then if Abbott wants to, fund his voucher program separately. Let him be responsible for creating the revenue stream outside of the public school money. No double dipping Abbott!!
I've been wondering for the last 30 yrs, what happened to all that Lotto money? When the state wanted legalize the lottery in Texas, there were all kinds of commercials, radio spots, speeches from politicians and the company the runs the lottery. There is ONLY one reason it passed so easily. Every commercial, speech, etc. said the same thing. We were told, over and over that the money made from the Texas lottery would go to schools. We were told about the millions that would be made from the lottery, and just think how much more our teachers could be paid. We'd have the highest paid teachers in the state. Just think how much schools could be improved. We were thrilled. That never happened. I think it was 10 years later, we found out that Texas got between 1 and 2% of profit. I couldn't believe it when I heard that same scam being used in state after state. That's something Patel can dig into if he has a spare minute.
Both reporters are nodding bout vouchers without thinking of the Lack of private schools in rural areas
He said “pro life” and “pro gun” in the same sentence. You can’t make this sh up
It makes sense to conservatives, somehow. SMH
So you're comparing the murder of an innocent child to the killing of a perpetrator? How does that make sense? 🤦♀️
@ ask the Uvalde parents who had nothing but a shoe to identify their child.
@@yesenia3816 You really don't understand abortion
You must be confused. There are many people both pro life and pro gun. It all depends on how you view guns... and life.
Who told him he can relocate the money to private schools
Exactly.
Voters idiots keep voting for this man
Private schools often discriminate against students with disabilities, especially students with multiple disabilities. If they Gey public money, they should not be allowed to discriminate against any student. School choice often means the schools get to choose, and they rarely choose students who require significant support services.
That should be get public money. Sorry for the error.
They don't have the skills to deal with Special Needs. Give Special Needs chikdren bigger vouchers, based on 90% of what the state spends, most likely unhappy parents and teachers will either start their own school or private schools will be able to afford special needs classrooms.
Private and charter school cherry pick their students and kick out the ones they don’t want after they take their voucher money of course.
Private schools would accept children with disabilities if they received approximately the same amount as the public school spends on the child. Some students need double or triple funding to comply with their IEP. Plenty of practice schools cater to disabled or problem students Naturally, they are costly! But my guess is that private education could do the job better and cheaper, especially if parents get together and start a school for autism or severe behavior problems. Federal funding could help the larger schools for disabled child to have neurifeedback and physical therapist on site.
@@barbarabrooks4747😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 laughing as a teacher who knows you are a total dumbass who knows nothing 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Again, our government entities catering to the wealthy! One day, us peons will rise, and we will be heard!
Retired after 26 years in Texas public school. There is Bad behavior of kids and parents, poor pay, no support from admin who are in denial or out of touch, poor work ethic of students, and teach to the test., I am conservative but these law makers should spend one day in a Title 1 school as a sub, with SPED kids with behavior plans, low income, high ESL, and high absences. I never suggest and always warn young people not to enter teaching. Most of us teachers want and love teaching but it is a zoo now. This is 100% opposite of what I saw teaching in Asia where it was merit based and you test into the middle, high and university of your level. Since kids compete for the schools behavior and hard work are never in question. Parents push their kids hard to perform in school or the lazy ones are moved to a vocational track to learn a trade under a master plumber or welder. America has failed. Taught in Taiwan 1988-89, MA east Asian Studies Chinese, Fulbright Scholar Japan 2003, Fulbright Scholar China 2005.
Plumbers and welders can get high paying jobs.
Yes
I went to elementary, jr high, and high school in Texas, as did my children. Attacking a teacher was not even a vague idea. It would've been like attacking a parent. I wonder why this has become a 'thing'? Could it have anything to do with changing what wasn't broken? Kids had higher literacy in the old days and respect. People can roll their eyes if they want, but before classes had any size mandates, there wasn't this kind of behavior. The reason was very simple. Actions have consequences, every single time, from kindergarten up. The older you get, the harsher the consequence when continue to test the limits.
Amen.
@@AVToth totally agree teaching in Texas.
Wow, talk about ignorance and arrogance. Class limits are about limiting MAXIMUM class sizes. This means more educators per student.
You should go back to school.
@@Talon19 Perhaps YOU should go back to sleep, at least you're still. It's hard to look stupid asleep, then you wake up, and it's evident. I was talking about classes that had up to 40+ students per teacher. A reality when I was in school. The problem was NEVER that the teacher couldn't control the class, there were consequences as immediate as the teacher decided. Those consequences continued at home. The problem with large class size was those at the slow end kept back those who learned faster. The teacher couldn't help those behind or stimulate those ahead.
Good thing there's a limit or you wouldn't be able to text.
@@AVToth not just that at all. Parents were different. They were a part of the education process. Now? They just want babysitters.
Funding private schools with public school funds will only bankrupt public schools who are underfunded to begin with.
Where vouchers have been used the public schools for the most part have gotten better because they had to compete and that made them stronger. The funding is to educate the students not to keep the teachers' union in full employment.
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Abbott is withholding public schools funds right now that should have been released in September. He has no right. Those funds belong to the students and not to him to interfere and deny. He’s intentionally bankrupting public schools so they can’t provide a decent education !!! Corrupt!!!! 🤔
With proper funding all improve. I’m not against private school vouchers at all - just don’t further underfund and shortchange the public schools in the process is all I’m saying. Underfunding public schools who are then forced to make cuts that creates poor educational results creates a manufactured crises. That’s what Abbott is doing. As a public school teacher retired I can tell you every year it was we don’t have funding for a reading curriculum- no money for copy paper etc. less $ each year.
Religon should be left out of public institutions.
Schools taught basic Christian morality and Bible stories until 1960. The Founders never contested this idea despite many not being religious. The moral climate of the country has not improved despite a higher standard of living.
In our society we all chip into public services for our communities even when we individually don't benefit from those services (roads/infrastructure, public facilities/city services... healthcare should be included but that's another issue). I don't ever plan to have kids but happily pay taxes to cotnrobute to public school. This is part of being a good human being and helping your neighbor. Why is this even an issue? Parents already have a choice to send kids wherever they want. If parents want their student in pirvate education, then they shhould fund that with their own private funds.
Many parents want private schools, but are too poor to send their child to one. Probably lower middle class and working class people will want to exit for church schools that don't charge tuition. Probably most churches will want a private school or to rent out class space to others. Of course, secular parents can start their own schools if they don't blind public schools.
Agreed, but public schools are not properly utilizing the funds. I teach public school and my sons attended public schools, but I had to spend my nights/weekends supplementing their education. I see it failing from within the system.
Chilling in for public services is fine, but parents get choices of preschools (childcare credit), and college students can receive grants to private schools. Why can't parents use the funding for the institution of their choice?
@@barbarabrooks4747Separation of Church and State ring a bell. Aside from tax dollars are supposed to be used for public good not private "Christian" schools.
That’s right we have to address the mental health needs of the people living in America and every child should have a pathway forward and we need to know what those pathways look like
This is why we homeschool. We don’t want our kids around other kids who aren’t parented correctly, underfunded schools, and issues galore.
More money is not going to help while students and parents are not required to fulfil their responsibilities. Nothing will change while responsibilities that should be the students' and responsibilities that should be the parents' keep being placed at the feet of the teachers.
That’s so true.
He sits there so cruel...
“No educator should be worried about their safety at school” yes yet guns are still rampant.
Money does not equal education quality. Utah spends 60% of what Texas spends per student yet, according the US News, ranks 2nd in education whereas Texas ranks 29th. Florida ranks 1st in education yet spends $1,900.00 less per student than Texas. Delaware spends $4,500.00 more per student yet ranks 33rd in education. Most of the problems with schools is lack of parent participation, not money. Beside, studies show that the percentage of school budgets going toward administration, since 1950 have gone up 700%!
Baltimore gets a lot and no one is on point
This is all part of PROJECT 2025!
This is What is Happening in North Carolina !
Teachers start your own schools. Pull your funding.
absurd thinking. no sense
@mch4735 Why????seen it done.
But we can't eliminate " FOOLS BALL" and all of the expenses it requires.
How about you put that student in jail! You don’t need more funding, you need more common sense.
Jailing is not always the solution. I agree there should be punishment but the core issue of how it led to this ought to be addressed and taken care of so that it is less likely to happen again.
Unless you're one of those people that believes in prison over rehabilitation.
Juvie
@@MakeSureYouCleanUp you never heard of a school detention? You never heard of OSS? You’re never going to get through to kids by reasoning with them. The only thing they understand is rewards and punishments.
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They’d rather not have money going to Private schools !
It is a crisis. Anyone seen Abbott Elementary? The irony of that school name and a silly show… the reality is worse than the show.
Yes religious freedom is part of the foundation of America but most people today misunderstand what the founders meant by that and misunderstand the intent of the 1st amendment. Religious freedom means strict federal government neutrality. It doesn't mean banning religion from all public space. The Black lady has no idea what she is talking about. If she thinks it means that religion was always banned in public schools that proves she doesn't know America or American history.
Here's the Factcheck on the claims about religion in America in this video: Until the latter half of the 20th century, many states actually did preferred religions and actually did enforce religious laws. Until the latter half of the 20th century, the Christian religion actually was promulgated in American public schools because until after 2001, public schools were 100% a state matter. Remember until the 1970's we still had laws being enforced that banned homosexuality, banned abortion, banned divorce, banned drinking on Sundays, banned businesses from being open on Sundays, some states mandated that everyone in their borders be in church on Sunday, nearly every state even mandated prayer in the classroom and those laws dated back to the foundation of the USA. School prayer was not prohibited until the very late 1960's. A big part of this is because of the huge outsized role the Christian religion played in the founding of America. No other religion on earth, played any kind of role in founding America or in the drafting of the US Constitution. Yes the early colonial Jewish community loaned some money but their faith played no role in America's founding nor in the wording of the US Constitution like Christianity did. Neither the Crusades nor the Pogroms against Jews in the old world played any role in the establishment of the first amendment's religious freedom clause. The religious freedom clause came about because of the interdenominational wars between Christians themselves in Europe where Christians were killing Christians over interpretations of dogma. The intent was to provide a right for all Christians to practice their faith according to their own conscience. It was never to ban politicians from talking about their own faiths nor was it ever to ban anyone from praying on public or even government property. When most immigrants and anti religion people talk about the religious freedom clause they only teach and talk about the first part of it, "government shall establish no religion" and they always pretend the second part doesn't exist, "or the free practice thereof". Most people today misunderstand the religious freedom clause. It doesn't say that states cannot give money to religious owned schools. What it says it the state cannot force people to adopt or adhere to nor can it force anyone to support a particular faith or religion. The first amendment says if a politician wants to talk about his faith in his campaign speeches he has a constitutional right to do so. If a football coach wants to pray on a football field or teacher chooses to silently pray in her classroom, they both have a Constitutional right to do so. As do students. Now I would note that praying out loud in a classroom while the teacher is trying to teach would be quite disruptive and there are rules in place that deal with all kinds of loud disruptions so those types rules have nothing to do with religion but about order in the classroom. The right to the freedom to practice your religion even in school or on other public/government owned property, is extended to the Jews by virtue of the assistance the provided us during our fight for independence. It is extended to the Muslims, historically, because of historic events between America and the people's of North Africa. The religious freedom clause is not about banning religion but about the right to choose your own religious preferences and the right to freely practice and even the right to share your religion in the public square. In India and most Arab countries it is illegal to share your religion in public places. In America those kinds of laws are literally unconstitutional. Proselytizing is a constitutionally protected right in America. All American citizens have a right to not only practice their own religions but they also have the right to share and promote their own religions and even their own interpretations of those religions. It is unconstitutional to ban religion from the public square. Those who don't like people being allowed to talk about their religion in the public square are free to go somewhere else and create their own anti religion countries but they don't have a right to punish or take negative actions against religious people here in the USA and when you deny funding to people because they are religious you are literally violating the freedom of religion clause.
BS. It is because of the bloody wars "Christianity" has caused.
The local college has a course in "Comparative Religions". If the college was in Texas, "Comparative Religions" would compare Christianity with Christianity.
The reality is that we are all going to be at the table in 2025 so school choice vouchers are going to have to pay for all of us. Let’s see how that works.
Lack of consequences is the reason for behavior problems, not lack of funding. This is teachers union wanting the money in public schools.
Thank Maga far right racist Christian nationalist..this is what they want.
and its only gonna get worse, it seems.
I think we need to all understand who generates those federal dollars the children in poverty, homeless children, children in foster care and children were special ed and bilingual children. That’s the requirements for the federal dollars how is your state pro providing support to those children?
Have the funds follow the students b wherever they go. If a private school is predominantly poor and in a blighted area, they could have funding for more teachers, aides or tutors or psychologist hours. I'm sure many people would like to help disadvantaged children or parents got special breeds would gladly open a school b tailored to their needs, if funding were available.
Citizens.!Tax breaks or citizens hand outs to corporations and the wealthy.
My heart goes out to all teachers everywhere and to students that teachers have hurt especially the disable children everywhere those that don't reported, like so many teachers who have gone through such hurting problems.
You can’t just blame the education system. Parents need to a better job raising their kids
The heavy subsidized Americans get a lot of government subsidies, including renting properties in HOA subdivisions to attend better public schools. so why can’t the rest of Americans get tax dollars for school choice?
It's not just money. Parents object to string discipline. In many areas, you can't make a child stay after class as punishment, pick up trash or paddle them. About the only punishment you can do is suspension or "time out.". Classrooms have to accommodate all different levels of ability so that the bright students are boted, and the remedial students don't get taught at their level. Bullying, drugs and peer pressure are hard to control in large schools. Bin smaller schoils, teachers and principals often catch bad behavior early. The important thing with vouchers is provide well for teachers and allocate mire for Special Needs students. Large districts require many expensive administrators. A small school can be simpler and cheaper. Public schools generally forbid students from doing janitorial work. Hiwever, in Japan, students clean the whole school. Of course, if students do that, they need protective garb and Google's to goggles to clran bathrooms. Instead of opposing vouchers, Democrats need to protect Special Needs students with high vouchers based on severity of disability, require funds to go overwhelmingly to teachers and teaching assistants. Teachers and students need protection from retaliation if they or parents report waste, fraud, selfie waking and abuse.
it isnt subsidized by renting there, how arrogant and elitist, hopefully you reside with the Pharoah
I guarantee that any lawmaker voting YES to divert funds from public to private school vouchers will make money through this.
We do have school choice. We drove the same car for 16 years. No expensive hobbies, no fake nails, no fancy haircuts, no pricey clothes, our money was invested in our child’s education.
Will there be any restrictions on what schools can receive money from ESAs? Will the Bill of Rights apply against schools taking taxpayer funds?
If I have a child in school, I should be able to choose which school and that money should go the school the child is attending.
When my child is no longer in school, the government can then decide how best to mis-spend my school taxes.
You have a choice. Send your kid to private school. You don't get to steal tax payers money to educate your kid. Do you understand the difference between Private and Public Funds? The government isn't there to fund private businesses.
You do realize that even if you use a voucher for a private school, you’d still have to pay out of pocket for it, right? 🤨
Why would you not be able to pick where you want to go to school?
The public education system is not responsible for violent students. Poor parenthood is responsible it. But just students should be held responsible, but parents are well.
Money is not the problem. Y'all are fooling yourselves if you think money will fix this.
There is plenty of money in public education. It just doesn't go to the classroom.
It's goes to bloated and overpaid administration, sweetheart contracts that school board members get a kickback from, etc.
Our system is corrupt to the core.
What makes CBS think that the voters don’t want this? How do 18 of 29 candidates or are a pro voucher not a signal that many voters like the idea?
Yes billionaires running the school system!!! Texas needs term limits!!! He won’t release money to Texas school for public education!!! Trump PLEASE appoint him head of anything!
This is not a funding problem, it is a policy problem and a parenting problem. Policy that keep violent kids in classrooms calling it the least restrictive environment and inclusion cheats the the other 21 or more students of a safe orderly environment. Parents are not nuturing and disciplining their kids enough for them to be ready to learn. Money won't fix this which has good families fleeing public schools. Vouchers won't fix it either because the same problems will happen in private schools too.
Funding IS a part of this. When you pack kids into rooms and pay people BS salaries for the level of education level of the teachers, you are going to have problems. Funding affects things like classroom supplies, computers, or even our school's ability to provide basic things like feeding students. While money isn't the entire problem solver, it is absolutely an important reason why Texas schools are struggling.
Yes
If you really think that, then you're a fucking moron.
That student could have been in a different classroom, but the teacher and probably the district did not want to send him to detention school.
Nah, we voted the lottery in years ago to solve the teacher funds and school funding problems. I remember the hype about it. The lottery rakes in Billions on both sides because they tax the crap out of it. I don't want to hear anything about new funding until you allocate the funds already given properly. Also, parents are to blame for crappy kids.
So the president of the Baptist private school said basically said they are indoctrinating their students. 16:26 I thought conservatives were against indoctrination.
School choice was not a "thing" when I was growing up. Every public school was good. When did schools get so shitty? People should understand that the parent does not change just because a child is in a different school. It's so funny that parents want control over their children, but when they get it... they want school choice so someone else can take control...
What if the voucher is to be used at a Muslim private school and not a Christian private school?
Close the Government schools down.
Sounds more like the parents need to step up. Why do people want the teachers and government raising their kids. And when they try to discipline them then all of a sudden the parent wants to be the parent.
Its a terrible thing that this woman was injured by a crazy student, but this segment is just a propaganda hit piece against parents' right to choose their childs education. California throws massive amounts of money into their school system, and its way more dangerous. I grew up there, and it's a nightmare. It's a stretch to think that if the school had more money, this kid would have been magically a good kid.
If private school vouchers were higher for special education students (based on disability levels), then very likely private schools would be set up to meet their needs. However, small towns may not have enough students if vouchers were passed. Maybe vouchers should only be available if the school district has a minimum number of students. Many parents prefer private schools but can't afford even the cheapest private schools. However, to protect the teachers, vouchers should be required to have at least 70% spent on teacher pay. Public schools should provide advanced STEM and vocational classes to all studentd , regardless of setting because it's very difficult to find enough STEM teachers.
you could go from one school district to other in 1990's. Charters were funded by state too. Not a prob. The problem is removing students like this to specialized schools. But claims will be least restrictive by liberals. I am for vouchers!!! Go where you want to go including religious schools!!! Kids like this with those parents unable to parent will need to shape up.
We get what we vote for. We voted for billionaires. We get billionaire laws. Which means lion’s share for them, crumbs for the rest.
I am a Texans that went to public Texas school it sucks in 2000 and it still sucks 2024. They don’t teach you anything in public school at all.
My children graduated from Texas pubic schools 2008 to 2013. All have college degrees and two have master's degrees. The third is working on a master's. Public schools in Texas deserve adequate funding!
@ you kids went to college themselves and decided what they wanted to do the public school system had nothing to do with your children being successful you did.
And what did you do? Did you study? Did your parents make you do your homework and help you? You are blaming others for your lack of character or brains.
My classmates became semiconductor or telecom engineers after sitting in Texas public school classrooms with no air-conditioning back in the 1960s. We cost little to educate compared to all the spending now. The support staff consisted of the principal's secretary, the janitors, and the lunch ladies. That was it.
Basically everyone sold out and now school sucks.
they made it to suck
The blame is onthe Principal of the school and local school boards
This!!!
Testing & Curriculum companies and unions drive the failure and siphon funds. Teachers have no voice to improve this.
makes no sense.
Yet more proof but the fall of the US Empire is accelerating. Stay safe and keep your loved ones close.
Feels wrong to take the responsibility 100% off the student and the people who raised him in order to gain a political "win".
The student is disabled. No one in this video said the student shouldn't have been at that school at all. They said he should have been in a classroom with "the care he needed", as it was quoted.
Another video saying the problems with public ed but offering no solutions.
I will vote for Glenn Rogers. He cares about public education.
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Multiple situations...and they are increasing. Do to forced labor and forced education
6:09 - for what purpose
Find away to help student become smart and not dumb where they graduate and cannot count change read or write. Only computer.
we need to know where roger and gina send their kids ---- to private schools?
OPEN BORDERS
SSRI'S
All you need to know is that CBS Austin published this
that makes zero sense, Austin public schools are constantly robbed of their funding by poorer districts (aka the "Robin Hood" law) and also it has been a lot or rural Republicans who are against the voucher program as it hurts rural school funding the most.
Just exempt rural areas under a basic minimum size from vouchers, and then the rural districts would accept it. I'm sure most rural parents would like a private school voucher if they were forced to move to a city.
@ I like this idea
Sweden has 67% of students in private schools. Why does school choice have to be considered a conservative issue?
So if that was in Texas then you would cut the public school funding by 67%. I’m sure that wouldn’t hurt the special needs students who have to be at a public school because private schools are not setup to help them. Or the lower income family who can’t afford the extra above what the vouchers cover to try and put their kids in private schools.
If the Special Needs students received vouchers based on their disabilities, it would be enough to set up special schools or classrooms. The key is start vouchers gradually, maybe first in overcrowded areas. If you don't transition more than 5 or 10% of students a year, it would not be disryptive. There are private church schools that would not charge more than the voucher because they already have infrastructure. There's no reason teachers or parents cannot rent unused school space or unused buildings of other types. Sweden has a better education system with good outcomes, yet most students don't pay extra. We need to look st how Sweden does things.b the fact is that discipline problems are more easily managed in small schools. In large schools, troublemakers can be undetected for long time. If you have a small school, all the teachers know all the students, and often problems can be managed well. I think we would have less delinquency if students were in smaller schools. Parents will feel the peer pressure to help at school in a small school much more than in a large schoik. Most if my public school experience was a nightmare. I'm glad so home schooled my chikdren, who now have graduate degrees. I could not afford private school for 2, so I worked part time and homeschooled. I met many parents who wanted a private school, but couldn't afford and endured much financial stress to educate their children at home. I think vouchers would be a great relief to many parents.
@@barbarabrooks4747 yes and also no. It sounds really good for some students but not for all. The voucher would not cover the extra for the child with disabilities as they would need a specialist. And private schools in Texas only have room for another 40k. So that is the issue. And rural counties don’t even have a private school option. So vouchers are only for the well to do and the smart kids for now.. maybe in a couple of years there will be a school for the average to lower end students.. but for now private schools choose the student!! Not the parent or the child. The private school has the final say if your child “fits” in their school. Really sad…
1). This program is starting with 40,000 students. That number will not drastically cut school funding. We have a huge migration into Texas. Many districts are overcrowded and need more buildings.
2). Voters need to lobby the legislature to have larger vouchers for Special Needs Students, based on 90% of what the schools actually spend. With those numbers, motivated parents and teachers can rent unused church classrooms or have some Special Ed classrooms added to an existing private school.
3). Vouchers need to be required to be spent 70% on teachers and aides in classrooms.
4). Private schools can educate for less. They can have students clean the school, for example. They don't require huge administrative tasks. They can use parents to do building repairs. Smaller schools usually have fewer discipline problems because teachers and staff know all the students and can intervene early when there are problems.
@ so you consider 390,000,000 a small number? Like public schools wouldn’t even notice? Please think about things before talking about what is right for Texas! That number is Huge! That represents possible teaching jobs. Keeping schools open. Keeping class sizes from enlarging so children don’t get over looked. Why are republicans only looking at this as a way of profit? That is exactly what this system is. Private schools in other states who have this system are taking in tax payer dollars and the regular tax payers are paying even more than before!! The increases in tuition has went up due to “extra costs” and several teaching positions have been lost. And this is a good thing? For who? The children? The teachers? The parents? The tax payers? Exactly who benefits?
Round Rock is wealthy
gerontocracy?
U have to have a serious lack of understanding to think throwing money at this fill fix it. Here’s what you don’t want to hear, the problem is moral. These kids are learning that the universe came from nothing and humans are just evolved slime and that nothing matters. Being raised by single parent homes or grandparents, watching p*rn hub and playing video games. Listening to music about trapping and fckng and partying and drinking. Money won’t fix this problem. And if you think that you are the problem
This channel is as left as you can go lol 😂 MAGA STRONG 🇺🇸 go Abbott 👍
Yeah, because LA schools are soooooo safe with all that taxpayer money!
If you want this system so badly, please move to the left coast!
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Privatize Education. Corporations need more profits off taxpayers!
Most private schools are non-profit. The vouchers could have restrictions so that 70% goes to teachers and aides. Sweden is progressive, yet it has 67% of students in private schools that receive state funding. Most schools do not charge fees.
@barbarabrooks4747 Most private schools are religious schools. No tax money to fund churches.
Absolutely stupid idea. Private schools would never take the least of these in our society. -- Corporations race to the bottom to have the cheapest products as possible - students and teachers are not products!
Courts have held that vouchers to parents are legal. For most of US history, schools taught Bible lessons, had prayers and taught Christian morals.. In was only in thrb1960's that this type of education b was shot down. All the Founding Fathers thought that a republic would not last without a devout, religious population. Even though James Madison opposed a state church, he read a passage from the New Testament at a public school graduation. They didn't want religious tests for office or a state church. They wanted the masses to he moral churchgoers even though they didn't think it was necessary for themselves!
Most private education is non-profit.
God is good! He is not a person of confusion.
Sick of these dang Democrats and their “soft on discipline” tactics.
This!!!!!
What a load of BS! Texas has been run entirely by republicans for THIRTY YEARS!!! Pull your head out of your tail of blaming democrats when no democrat has held any state position which directs school planning, curriculum, and setting general behavior policy for three decades. SMH
Total bs. Repubs have been in charge of Texas schools since the mid 90s, complete control. Their policies have been designed to force schools into public failure so they can move public money into their private Christian schools and their for profit charters. Corrupt to the core.
PUT THE STUDENT IN PRISON FOR 60 YEARS.
let the southerners be southerners. They care so much about "life".
Authoritarian texas