Why is Charitable Choice particularly troublesome when applied to education programs?
In the 106th Congress, Charitable Choice provisions were attached to two federal education programs – Even Start (HR 3222) and Safe and Drug Free Schools (HR 4141). Neither of these proposals became law. However, President Bush has stated that he supports applying Charitable Choice to federally funded after-school programs. As bad a policy as Charitable Choice is in the social service context, it is even more problematic when applied to elementary and secondary education programs. Charitable Choice presents a number of constitutional and policy problems when applied to educational programs. In addition to the controversy over private school vouchers generally, this proposal has the added problem that private religious schools could receive and administer grants for public education programs. Charitable Choice, as applied to federal education programs, would set the precedent that private religious schools could receive direct government funding. Not only does Charitable Choice set a da
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