I support robust competition in all sectors, including education.
I support parents having the ability to select where they want their children educated and having the money follow the child.
Competition makes everyone better by having to fight for customers. Schools are no different. If public schools are the best option for parents, then they will send their children to the public school and the money will follow the student. If parents don’t believe the public school is best for their child’s needs, then they should be allowed to send their child to a private school and have the money follow the child to that school. The money allocated in the State budget and local budget is for the benefit of the student (per pupil). Not the school. It should not matter where that money goes. So long as it is being used to educate that child.
As a Libertarian, I also prefer robust competition in the education sector because the government should never have a monopoly on educating our youth. That is the antithesis of liberty, independent thought, independent reason, and creates too much risk that the People will be taught only what the government wants them taught instead of what their parents or society believes should be taught.
