The Henderson County School Board resolved unanimously to oppose H334, which would give tax credits to parents of disabled children who attend private schools. The main argument appears to be that the tax credits would take funding away from public schools.
Well, if the funding is used for the purposes intended, the proposal should be a wash. The state gives public schools $3598 per special-needs student. The new bill would remove the applicable per-child allotment from the public school budget and give the money to the parent. Educators are concerned that private schools don’t have the resources to handle the special kids, and, implicitly, that parents with the same allotment could not make it go further than the public schools.