Is School Choice a Good Thing?

As I was reading AACS's legislative update today, it mentioned something that has concerned me for a while but seems to be something that many in favor of school choice ignore. This concern is that anytime financial support from the government comes into your school, there are always unwanted regulations and policies that come along with it. South Carolina approved a scholarship option for exceptional children several years ago, and in spite of the fact that the program is very unobtrusive, it still requires more than many private schools would like. While Christian schools should certainly have accountability (to God, sponsoring ministries, parents, and even the students), it could be quite problematic to be held accountable for programs and policies that do not reflect biblical standards. I believe that school choice programs could impact admissions policies, hiring policies, curriculum decisions, and many other important areas that make our programs distinct and successful. While it would be great to have the financial support that would come from such a program and to be able to more easily serve a larger number of students, we must be careful of what is allowed and keep in mind that these programs often start off with minimum threat but change over time to be quite detrimental. We also should reflect on the idea it will be difficult to return to the state at which we operate now after accepting such a program. While we would all like more educational options and support parents having more options, we need to be very careful of what we are willing to accept in order for this to happen.

Read the article:
http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=b1d060273aff701bff8eab400&id=74ccf36750&e=eb8e0e008e

References:
NEW! The Washington flyer. (n.d.). Retrieved March 31, 2017, from http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=b1d060273aff701bff8eab400&id=74ccf36750&e=eb8e0e008e