As is often the case in almost an enterprise that is significant in scope the move to enact something often is slow, tedious and may very well seem imperceptible to the public given these very qualities. Added to those traits is the fact that often Americans don't follow many of the actions of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Well, there is a drip, drip taking place with regard to the public and private funding of education in the United States. In recent times much has been made of funding of private education through vouchers, semi vouchers, tax credits and the like. There is more and more talk now of using tax dollars which have financed public education to divert some of those funds to private schools.
Last month, Dec. 8th, the U. S. Supreme Court heard a case, Carson v Makin, that may very well shape the funding of both public and private schools in the years ahead. The court will render a decision on this case in June of 2022.
So the drip, drip of funding private schools will soon have a more definitive look to it. Over the next few days I will talk about the case, the background to it and the implications likely to follow.
Just to be clear, I am covering this as best as I can. My bias is in favor of public education though I believe that people have a right to a private education. There are great private education opportunities and I certainly understand why people make this choice for their children. I simply think that tax dollars should go toward public education.
Dick
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