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re: Congrats to all Alabama parents of the OT: massive k-12 reform officially happening
Posted on 3/7/24 at 7:20 am to Solo Cam
Posted on 3/7/24 at 7:20 am to Solo Cam
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So now people of Alabama can actually use their tax dollars on their own children and stop subsidizing these shitty schools with tenured teachers who can't be fired? Oh no, the horror.
It sounds like for most in Alabama, they’ll be using someone else’s tax dollars..most don’t pay enough to cover the 7k credit.
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Posted on 3/7/24 at 7:27 am to East Coast Band
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Probably close to the same percentage in other states. Alabama private schools tuition is probably half of some other states
Not anymore, now that the state will be effectively subsidizing private schools.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 7:33 am to Tigers0891
Exactly. My kids attended private and parochial schools. Parents were super involved. One year, one of my children decided to try public school, it was decent, so I relight, so I said ok. The public high school? On parent/teacher night hardly any parents showed up, while the teachers stood at their doors smiling and waiting. It was sad. She went back to her private school in less than a year, her choice. The kids were awful, too.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 7:36 am to lowspark12
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Not anymore, now that the state will be effectively subsidizing private schools.
I went to private school in Alabama. Current tuition at my high school -- where my niece and nephews also went -- is 15k a year. So, while subsidized, if you send your kids there you could already afford it.
Also many private schools in Alabama soft cap their enrollment and are very selective about who they let in.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 7:54 am to LanierSpots
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Sounds like the cost of private school is about to go up
Oklahoma passed a similar bill that went into effect in 2023. Most of the private schools in Oklahoma magically raised their tuition around the same amount of the tax credit after the bill passed. So the people who couldn't afford a private school still cannot afford a private school with the increased tuition. All you need to do is follow the money on who are pushing these type of laws.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:00 am to Jay Are
Jay Are< Looks lie your school system may have led you astray. It's cheaper to fund students than schools. Everybody wins, except the bureaucrats.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:09 am to PurpleandGold Motown
quote:Only one of those is actually in the Shelby Co. school district. Guess I need to read the bill, but I don't see how exactly they can add a ton more students from the outer reaches of the county without the infrastructure to handle it.
Shelby Co is probably going to be crazy though. Lot of small schools will lose students to Thompson, Pelham, and Oak Mtn.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:10 am to StringedInstruments
Existing private schools will just raise their tuition by $7k to keep the same level of exclusivity.
A number of new private schools will now pop up charging exactly $7k though. I have no doubt some will be good and focused on education, but I can definitely see some people taking advantage of this just charging families $7k for a sub-par education.
This post was edited on 3/7/24 at 8:13 am
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:14 am to PurpleandGold Motown
Sure, but they’ll adjust… supply and demand.
Private school in TN is $30k+ bc there’s the demand.
Private school in TN is $30k+ bc there’s the demand.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:17 am to Jay Are
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Your choice of public school sounds good. The government funding your choice of private school sounds like a joke. Those are businesses, and a citizen can choose to spend their money or not. Why would the small government people be okay with this? Including homeschooling in this sounds like a tax scam waiting to happen.
Always the fricking pelicans favorite team posters.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:18 am to Dixie2023
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public high school? On parent/teacher night hardly any parents showed up, while the teachers stood at their doors smiling and waiting. It was sad.
public school teacher here
I have 170 students on my rosters
I had less than 20 parents total show up for open house
Its fewer and fewer every year.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:19 am to Tigers0891
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So public schools won’t be fixed unless you focus more on discipline and basics and magically sending kids to a private school does nothing.
Those kids still have get into the private schools and abide by their standards.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:20 am to kywildcatfanone
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School choice is good for everyone.
Not true. It’s actually really bad for the leftist, groomer, indoctrinators who don’t care about educating only indoctrination.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:21 am to Oilfieldbiology
Congratulations Alabama on Section 8ing private schools.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:26 am to Jay Are
quote:Sounds like a handout. "Conservatives" love handouts when it comes to them.
The government funding your choice of private school sounds like a joke
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Why would the small government people be okay with this?
Free shite. The amount that they are given far exceeds the amout they've paid in taxes to the public school system, especially if they have more than one kid.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:30 am to TideCPA
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Only one of those is actually in the Shelby Co. school district. Guess I need to read the bill, but I don't see how exactly they can add a ton more students from the outer reaches of the county without the infrastructure to handle it.
Well yes, but it doesn't have to be within the same school system. The school just has to let you in. They have absolute right off refusal if I'm reading it correctly.
So a small school like Montevallo will bleed students to Thompson which is only about 6 miles up the road and has vastly superior facilities and programs.
Eta: So small schools will just get worse and worse because the better schools will poach the better students.
This post was edited on 3/7/24 at 8:34 am
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:34 am to St Augustine
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Those kids still have get into the private schools and abide by their standards.
Not when charter schools are involved. That’s a money grift that this school choice funds. Those are public schools in all but name.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:36 am to AtlantaLSUfan
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So all the best schools are about to get overloaded with trash
If a parent is concerned enough about their child's education and willing/able to transport that kid to and from their new school since the district won't be sending a bus out to pick them up, I wouldn't consider them trash.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:40 am to RATeamWannabe
I'm sure it is like that is some schools but I didn't see it in ours. We have two children in two different MB schools. The open house this year was so filled with parents that the hallways were jammed and it was difficult to move during class changes. Every single seat in every classroom that I went to was taken up by parents with some having to stand. Parent involvement is still alive and well in some schools.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:45 am to MartinMan81
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I'm sure it is like that is some schools but I didn't see it in ours. We have two children in two different MB schools. The open house this year was so filled with parents that the hallways were jammed and it was difficult to move during class changes. Every single seat in every classroom that I went to was taken up by parents with some having to stand. Parent involvement is still alive and well in some schools.
Elementary?
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