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grue
lemmy.world

Translation: taxpayer funded religious indoctrination, nationwide.

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Joeffect
lemmy.world

More broadly, it directs the Department of Education to prioritize school choice programs through its discretionary grant programs, and orders the Department of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on how states receiving block grants for families and children can use those funds to support private and faith-based institutions. >

So basically public schools are bad? Why should the public pay for private schooling?

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Skyrmirreply
lemmy.world

It's both a money grab so rich bastards can feed on government money, and a way to segregate schools.

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xmunkreply
sh.itjust.works

Also a way to shovel money to religious groups while defunding secular education.

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Cyv_reply
lemmy.blahaj.zone

Segregate and control the lessons. A public school probably can't teach the US is a Christian nation or that being gay is evil, but a religious private school...

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talreply
lemmy.today

I'm pretty sure that the major interest is from people who want a religious education for their kids, which public schools won't do, but who don't have the out-of-pocket cash to pay for it.

kagis

Looks like it.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/06/06/us-public-private-and-charter-schools-in-5-charts/

Private schools are known for being selective, religiously affiliated or sometimes both, and charge tuition rather than receive public money.

During the 2021-22 school year, about three-quarters of private school K-12 students (77%) attended a religiously affiliated school

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adarzareply
lemmy.ca

that's what it says on the cover, anyway. but that's just a teeny tiny b plot. the main storyline is the grift. it's always the grift. who's gonna make money off of taxpayers. even the religious indoctrination of our kids is secondary for the republicant 'leaders'

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iopqreply
lemmy.world

It depends, is your priority education or public education? That's what the debate is about

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Zier
fedia.io

Christianity is a hate cult, your children will be indoctrinated!

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randon31415
lemmy.world

Trump: Directs the Department of Education to prioritize school choice programs through its discretionary grant programs

Also Trump: Signs executive order freezing all federal grants

Looks like it corrected itself.

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