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Originally Posted by AltaGuy
Thanks for that.
I'm pretty passionate about this issue as well, but I see it slightly differently.
Whereas you are able to pay (through hardship, as you say) for your child to attend a school tailored for him, many others in a similar situation simply would be unable to.
In these cases, wouldn't it be better to subsidize a higher proportion of your education costs - and other children with special needs - and fund "regular" students at private schools very little to not at all?
As you point out, for some it's a luxury, but for others like yourself it is a necessity.
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But the point is this isn't a rich v. poor debate but I suspect someone has run the numbers and having a certain number of private schools being subsidized at 60% is better than having no funding and having a significant number of those private school kids in public school at 100%.
I can assure you that even if you are a 1%, increasing someone's 15,000 tuition to 30,000 (after tax) per child will significantly impact enrolment in the public system.