Should Private Schools With 'Anti-Gay' Policies Get Public Funding?
A report released in January names some Gwinnett County private schools as those receiving state dollars despite "anti-gay" policies. Do you think this is a fair practice in your community?
According to a report recently released by the Southern Education Foundation, some scholarship money generated through a Georgia tax credit program has been used at religious schools that ban gay, lesbian and bisexual students. And, those schools should not be given the public funding, the report asserts. At least two of the schools named in the report are located in Gwinnett County: In 2008, legislators established a tax credit program to allow individual and corporate taxpayers to contribute to qualified student scholarship organizations and receive a dollar-for-dollar credit against their Georgia income tax liabilities. SSOs provide the funds to private schools for all or part of a student’s tuition. Although the amounts awarded to each…
In this Article:
Rusty Taylor
1:26 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Actually a tax credit does not mean that you are getting government money, a tax credit means that they are allowing you to keep more of YOUR MONEY. more ›