http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110425/us_yblog_thelookout/rally-for-prosecuted-homeless-mom-who-sent-son-to-a-better-school-district
"There has to be a penalty for stealing our services,"...smh...Homeless woman faces $15,000 fine and up to 20 years in jail for sending her son to a better school...Please, I need people to respond who think that this is justified...help me understand the reasoning behind this...and, if you can...work something in about Brown vs. the Board of Education where "seperate but equal" was ruled unconstitutional.
I'm not saying I agree, but about the only argument I can think of is that a large chunk of a school district's operating budget comes from local property taxes. A portion of the property taxes I pay go to the school district I live in. The funds then get disbursed to the individual schools, based in large part on headcount at the school. There is a lot of money that comes from the state and federal government as well. People that rent aren't paying property taxes, although taxes are being paid on the properties they are renting. I can see the argument that someone sending their kid to a school outside their district is not entitled to the other district's services because they are not paying for them. Whether doing so should be a criminal penalty...that's a different argument.
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