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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Bill Introduced In North Carolina To Provide $2500/yr Income Tax Credit To Homeschooling Families
Bill Text Here : http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/HTML/H144v1.html
Bill Name : Homeschool Education Income Tax Credit
Sponsors: Representatives Pittman, Ford, Malone, and Schaffer
Their Argument : NC Spends about $9000 per year per student. Thus, they save NC money by not enrolling their children in NC Public Schools.
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)spent not protecting me?
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)How about parents who send their kids to private schools?
Sorry, I don't think this is a good idea.
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)supporters of parochial schools. They'd claim a lot of money was saved by their kids not attending the public schools.
All of us should be supporting public schools. At any given time only a minority of people have children in school, but we all benefit from them. If you want to home-school your kids or send them to a private or parochial school that's fine. But you -- just like every other taxpayer -- are still obligated to support the public schools.
(Climbing back down from soap box.)
Lane1340
(20 posts)The GOP in that state is a special kind of looney, between this bill, a bill requiring a 2 yr wait on divorce, and a bill declaring war on nipples... http://aattp.org/north-carolina-teapublicans-declare-war-on-female-nipples/