I have two or three major concerns about the Carson v Makin Supreme Court Case should the justices render an opinion in favor of the plaintiffs...Carson. As I've said on many other occasions, people absolutely have a right to educate their children as they see fit. That being said, public funds are to be used for public entities. In this case for public education.
This leads to one of my concerns. Let's say Carson wins the case and has access to public funds for private schooling. Will these schools, now that they have state funds, also have to follow other state mandates? Will they limit who can attend and who can teach at the school? It seems reasonable that if they have state funds then they ought to follow all state rules.
Of course another concern is this...If a good number of private schools tap state public funds (previouly allocated for public schools) won't public school funding provided by the states suffer to a degree? To me, it seems quite probable.
Finally, if Carson wins the case in Maine I see other states following suit. That concerns me for the same reasons I've outlined in the previous two paragraphs.
Stay tuned and thanks for reading!
Dick
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