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[quote=Anonymous]I know this article and information about a bill that is being proposed in Wisconsin to get tax dollars to private schools is going to flame this group, but it definitely highlights what is going on across the country with private school tuition and enrollment problems.

Our DC school had had several families transfer out for several reasons the last couple of years. My impression is that both of our kids classes are within the margin of acceptable enrollment capacity. However, their classes are smaller now than when they were in K.

Here is a quick summary pulled from the article:

It’s simple really; in a free market, consumers speak with their feet, and their money. So when tea party State Sen. Glenn Grothman offers up lousy numbers for private and voucher schools, you've gotta ask why we should care, and why we would want to throw more money at them.

“Private school attendance has fallen from 147,000 in year 2000 to 123,784 last year," Grothman said in a statement on his website. "Also, 23,200 of these students are choice students. If we do not act quickly the situation will continue to get worse for private schools."

Like that's our problem? And besides, "parents know what’s best," right? They’re not choosing private and voucher schools, for a reason. But Grothman wants to “act quickly” anyway, by offering revenue draining tax credits.

Mt. Pleasant Patch: Grothman's and Rep. Dean Kaufert, R-Neenah reasoning is that public schools get up to $15,000 per child in taxpayer support but parents who choose private schools don't get any public assistance. Speaker of the Assembly Robin Vos, R-Burlington, told the Associated Press that he's open to the idea of such a tax credit.

Link:

http://democurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2013/04/private-schools-failing-they-see-huge.html[/quote]

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