A Marion county judge refused to issue an in junction to stop Indiana's new voucher program from going into effect this fall, saying the ISTA's case against vouchers didn't have enough merit to succeed. That meas that at least this year about 2800 students will be attending private schools with taxpayer funded scholarships. After that anything can happen in the legal system through further trials and appeals. Different judges can have different opinions. But this judge said the law was written for the benefit of students, not religious schools. He also said state scholarships to private universities would be at risk if they were unconstitutional in K-12. Next thing you know, professors at state universities will unionize to stop private college scholarships.
So far, the 2800 students who will receive scholarships this year seem like a small impact. We'll just have to wait and see how this develops as the legal challenges play out and parents become more knowledgeable on their options. But at least they have an additional option for the time being.
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I see that Mark Giaquinta is on the IDOE State Board for charter schools. What's he going to do, take kickbacks on the garbage contracts?
No he's on there to oppose new charter schools like the Democratic legislators who appointed him.
Al Jaquay commented about the voucher ruling on WANE the other night complaining it wasn't fair that the good students would be able to go to private schools leaving FWCS with the leftovers. I'll bet Wendy loved that comment. The interview disappeared from the WANE website the next morning.
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