The Outcome Of School Choice In Many Southern States

Public funding of private schools in many states is a growing industry.  One of the fastest growing methods of funding school choice is funneling state funds to private schools. Many of these schools teach creationism instead of evolution along with other fundamental christian peculiarities.  The plan is quite simple.  Several states have passed bills which give a tax credit to families that contribute to a scholarship fund for the "needy".  The tax credits are equal to value of the donation.  For example, a family that contributed $3,000 to the fund would get a $3,000 tax credit.  The family then uses the "scholarship money" to send its children to a local private school.  The forgone tax income to the states, drains funds from the public schools that is used to fund schools that are not regulated by boards of education.  This is not a good use of public funds, but it does expand school choice, and it is consistent with libertarian ideology taken to an extreme.