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Thu 4 Dec, 2003 09:17 am
As I read it this morning, the decision is based on the fact that school boards/districts are self-funding ergo the state can not mandate how they allocate student funding both inside and outside their individual districts. The Judge went on to say that the idea may be a good one (school vouchers) but that the state constitution would have to be re-written to accommodate such a program.
Quote:"Judge Joseph E. Meyer III ruled that the voucher program violates the Colorado Constitution, which requires that local communities have control over the instruction provided in the schools they fund. By directing local school districts to provide funds with which students may attend private and parochial schools, Judge Meyer found that the program unconstitutionally "stripp(ed) all discretion from the local district."
hey, im a lil english girlie so i no little about the american constitution...but it seems to me that if you try to put schools under state control fully, then politics as dictated by the government in power will undoubtedly creep into the curriculum...ergo, goodbye any variety in opinion if u do it from a young enuf age
maybe im barking up the wrong tree, wasnt sure what your post was asking anyway....
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