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Private School Choice

Abortion and gun control have been two of the most hotly debated social issues in the 1990s. However, an educational reform is underway that is bound to compete with either issue for the controversy spotlight. The issue is the use of tax-payer money to provide private school vouchers to low-income families. It is an issue that has First Amendment, economic, educational and social controversy woven through it like sinews of tendon in beef. Those who favor private school vouchers say it is not a fracture of the First Amendment guaranteeing separation of church and state even though many vouchers are used for parochial schools. Those in favor of private school vouchers also contend it is an enabling device for the poor to have more equal access to quality education. Opponents of private school vouchers argue it is definitely a violation of the First Amendment, and that it represents a temporary panacea that creates decay, in actuality, of a city’s development. This analysis will present pro and con arguments with regard to spending government funding on private school vouchers. A conclusion will give an opinion as to which side of the debate has greater validity.

The first argument that proponents and opponents of federally funded private school vouchers square off on pertains to whether the concept is a violation of the First Amendment guaranteeing a separation of church and state. Proponents of the concept contend it is not in violation of the First Amendment because it allows more people greater freedom in choosing the type of education they prefer for their children. Just because some choose to send their children to a religious school does not violate this constitutional right from their perspective. The state courts seem to agree at this time on the matter. The Supreme Court of Wisconsin upheld a newly passed law that “allows parents of low-income parents in Milwaukee to get some public funding when they choose pr...

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