Bill Description: Senate Bill 1068 would allow any school district or charter school to sponsor a parent supported instruction model in which participating parents are permitted to choose their own curriculum, do some or all of their child’s instruction at home, form learning pods with other parents, and receive an Education Savings Account from the sponsoring school district.
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Does it increase government spending (for objectionable purposes) or debt? Conversely, does it decrease government spending or debt?
Senate Bill 1068 provides that “a sponsoring school district shall receive full per-student state funding for a student participating in parent-supported instruction,” even if all of the child’s instruction is done at home. It makes little sense for school districts to receive per-pupil funding for students they are not responsible for educating. Moreover, the bill gives complete discretion to the school district over the amount of funds provided to participating students in the program. This framework creates a perverse incentive for school districts to minimize the amount of funds given to participating students in order to keep the majority of state funds for themselves.
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Does it expand the government's bureaucratic monopoly on education, reduce family and student choice, or finance education based on an institution or system? Conversely, does it reduce government coercion in education, expand education choice, or finance education based on the student rather than the institution?
Senate Bill 1068 would allow any school district or charter school to sponsor a parent supported instruction model. Participating parents, coordinating with their child’s school district, would be permitted to choose their own curriculum, do some or all of their child’s instruction at home, form learning pods with other participating parents, and receive an Education Savings Account from the sponsoring school district. In doing so, the bill would increase the number of educational options available to families.
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