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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
Isn't that sort of the way it works now?
As I understand it, private schools get the same funding as public schools on a per child basis, but the difference in cost is due to smaller class sizes, and better equipement etc. (I could be way off on this and if I am feel free to correct me).
Right now there are private schools that cater to specific groups (the muslim school for example).
The difference being that when people check that "Catholic" box on their taxes, they're paying for that isntead of the public system, and it becomes an economy of scale thing. Enough people choose to send their kids there, and pay for it, that the regular funding is enough.
This is really one of the few, if not only, places where we get to directly decide where our tax money goes, and I'm kind of gald for it.
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I remember them talking about the money following the kid, but I didn't know they'd already done that. That's cool.
So if the money follows the kid, why do we have the box to check at all then though? There's one pool of money with an allotment to each kid. Unless there's two pools, one public for all public schools, one Catholic for all Catholic and private schools? Shouldn't it say Public/Private then?
I should know more about this considering my kid is school age in a few years!