The US public school system is a reflection of mass segregation based on income. As the wage gap widens so does the quality of education.
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At a state level, banning private contribution to public schools could be done by mandatory pooling of funds.
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Getting rid of private schools is harder. Perhaps tax tuition so much the revenue can make public ones better.
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there's politically difficult and then there's amending the Constitution to limit the 1st amendment
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It's not a 1st amendment issue.
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my thinking is that currently $=speech, many private schools religious. Would need to limit 1st to limit/tax
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You can allow institutions that provide religious education w/o letting them serve in lieu of public secular edu.
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And taxing a payment for service (tuition) is not a limitation on 1st amend. This isn't even a loophole; ...
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under what authority would the federal government levy such a tax?
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Like pooling funds, it would probably have to be done at state level under current US system.
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Perhaps federal government could deny federal funding to states that don't institute such a tax, though.
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