Should the taxpayers (whether from property taxes, income tax, sales tax, etc...) be responsible for providing for public education?
Here are the options above, but more fully expounded:
1. Yes - all children should be required to attend. -Education is the responsibility of the state. All parents should be held legally accountable (criminal sanctions apply) to see that their children attend public education.
2. Yes - funded by local taxes, and fed funding -This is the status quo. All tax payers at local, state and federal levels are responsible to provide for the public education system, although, individual households may choose to provide other means (yet still must pay their taxes).
3. Same as above but with no Federal revenues. (All taxpayers at the local (and/or state levels) must contribute).
4. Yes - but funded only by participants - Public schools should be overseen by the public sector and provided for through taxes. However, if the household chooses other means for providing for their children's education, they should become exempt by some means (e.g., by tax credits).
5. No - ed. is private sector, no gvrnmnt oversight. Education should be provided for completely in the private sector, without government (local, state and federal) oversight. (The private schools are liable to the government only in the protection of the rights of the citizens, eg., no discrimination). The various schools are fully funded by those who send their children to the school, and hence, the schools are accountable to their customers (i.e., the parents).
6. No -same as above option, but w/gvrnmnt oversight. Private sector, but the local governments should exercise some say in educational standards.
7. No - homeschooling is the only option. -Self explanatory.
8. Other, please expound.
Okay, I hope I covered everything (but I'm sure I missed something)please pick one and expound on it.
Here are the options above, but more fully expounded:
1. Yes - all children should be required to attend. -Education is the responsibility of the state. All parents should be held legally accountable (criminal sanctions apply) to see that their children attend public education.
2. Yes - funded by local taxes, and fed funding -This is the status quo. All tax payers at local, state and federal levels are responsible to provide for the public education system, although, individual households may choose to provide other means (yet still must pay their taxes).
3. Same as above but with no Federal revenues. (All taxpayers at the local (and/or state levels) must contribute).
4. Yes - but funded only by participants - Public schools should be overseen by the public sector and provided for through taxes. However, if the household chooses other means for providing for their children's education, they should become exempt by some means (e.g., by tax credits).
5. No - ed. is private sector, no gvrnmnt oversight. Education should be provided for completely in the private sector, without government (local, state and federal) oversight. (The private schools are liable to the government only in the protection of the rights of the citizens, eg., no discrimination). The various schools are fully funded by those who send their children to the school, and hence, the schools are accountable to their customers (i.e., the parents).
6. No -same as above option, but w/gvrnmnt oversight. Private sector, but the local governments should exercise some say in educational standards.
7. No - homeschooling is the only option. -Self explanatory.
8. Other, please expound.
Okay, I hope I covered everything (but I'm sure I missed something)please pick one and expound on it.