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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And are people proposing that we tax funds raised by private schools and charters as well, and redistribute those?  Not sure why one type of family giving is bad and should be shared but others shouldn't.[/quote]

DCPS is one LEA, and parent resources should be pooled across it. There's already a DCPS foundation -- the same one that funds the study abroad program, and has brought things like the bicycle initiative to elementary schools. Just direct the parent raised funds there, in addition to the corporate and nonprofit funds DCPS collects.

Each charter is its own LEA. Multi-school charters like KIPP already redistribute funds they raise across their network.

Private schools are private.

All are tax-deductible contributions.

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I donate to my school so my kids have books and paper and supervision at recess. I don't want to fund someone else's kid's trip to Europe. And if my PTA were to choose to spend its dollars to send five classmates to Europe, I wouldn't donate to them either. This isn't fun money for special trinkets and great programs benefitting a few lucky kids. The PTA is covering basic needs at our school that DCPS does not provide. Donating to the Foundation can't replace that.[/quote]

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