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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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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And why should funds raised in one sector not be shared with another sector?  That seems like a false separation.  If you want Janney families to share money with schools elsewhere in the city, why not Maret, GDS, and Sidwell?[/quote]

Uh because those aren't public schools and the public has no vested interest in whether or not they provide an equitable educational experience to their students[/quote]

But dollars that parents donate are private dollars.  If we want public schools to be equitable, then we should provide public funding equitably (not necessarily equally)!  Once you start to "tax" private donations, I think all bets are off.  My private donations should not be held to a different standard than someone else's private donations.[/quote]

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