Is there something I'm missing as to why this is only available to public school students? Is there something that private school students do not do that would eliminate them from this offering?

 

http://education.ky.gov/KDE/HomePageRepository/News+Room/Current+Press+Releases+and+Advisories/07-038.htm

Because the assumption — right, wrong or otherwise — is that if you can afford pricey private school tuition, paying full price for the programs and/or a computer shouldn't be an issue.

Because the assumption — right, wrong or otherwise — is that if you can afford pricey private school tuition, paying full price for the programs and/or a computer shouldn't be an issue.

 

I have always hated that....People just assume that those who go to private schools come from wealthy families and can afford anything out of pocket.

 

From my experience with private schools, went there all my life, it's 100% false. Sure, some are very wealthy, but no more so than those you find at a public school...

I would assume it has much more to do with the fact that private schools aren't controlled by the Kentucky Department of Education as are the public schools. I doubt that financial ability has anything to do with it.

 

I guess leaving out the private schools at every opportunity leads some to believe that it helps level that playing field.

I have always hated that....People just assume that those who go to private schools come from wealthy families and can afford anything out of pocket.

 

From my experience with private schools, went there all my life, it's 100% false. Sure, some are very wealthy, but no more so than those you find at a public school...

 

Don't get me wrong — I agree. My grandfather worked at an auto parts store and my grandmother kept books on the side for several different businesses while raising five children and sending them to Catholic school. Needless to say, they weren't really loaded growing up.

Just a way for the Department of Education to "punish" kids that are not part of their "great society"

Might have something to do with that whole pesky separation or church and state thing.

 

I would assume that this is a marketing ploy for the business and they negotiated with the KDE to offer this program. The KDE does not represent the private school students of this state by the CHOICE of the parents.

 

Can't negotiate a benefit for people you don't represent.

Not all private schools are religiously affiliated.

Not all private schools are religiously affiliated.

For those that are, I would assume that it would be somehow illegal by someone's standards for the government to provide them this benefit.

 

Someone out there would complain that the government was somehow endorsing Christianity if they allowed Calvary Christian to participate in this program. It is horse hockey but someone would.:irked:

Might have something to do with that whole pesky separation or church and state thing.

 

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At first glance, that would seem plausible. Then you take a step back when you realize that Catholic school kids in NKY use the county buses. So the whole "we can't provide a benefit to private school kids" sort of goes out the window.

I would assume it has much more to do with the fact that private schools aren't controlled by the Kentucky Department of Education as are the public schools. .

 

OK. That makes a little bit of sense. Although, how is the DOE funded?

But don't the private schools have to follow the rules of the KDE for their students to graduate? Seems to me that the KDE does have rules that must be followed even for those who are home schooled....so if I have to support the KDE via taxes, and the schools that my child attended has to follow certain rules, then why couldn't they receive the same software at the discounted price? Just wondering and asking.....

State statute requires public scchools to have a bid policy. I doubt that private schools are held to such requirements.

Does private schools take part in the Kentucky Core Content Test, better known as CATS?

You support public education through taxes which was passed on by the Founding Fathers who saw the need for public education.

The department provides resources and guidance to Kentucky's public schools and districts as they implement the state's K-12 education requirements.

Their requirements are seperate from what private schools choose to do.

Its a publicly-funded negotiated benefit.

 

The arguments in here are really well beyond anything relevant. To argue a private entity to should be entitled to a public benefit is absurd. Why not offer the reduced price software to private corporations? After all, they pay taxes that support the schools, too. There is no end to the potential argument. Public money supports public projects. Private money supports private projects. Its not a religion thing, a discrimination thing, a level playing field thing, its a law thing.

 

By the way the Founding Fathers did NOT contemplate public education or nationalized education in any way, shape, or form anywhere in the Constitution. ALL schools at that time were either private schools or locally subsidized schools ONLY. Public education is as much a subsidized welfare benefit as anything else we have in this country. Subject for another thread but I wanted to make note of it.

State statute requires public scchools to have a bid policy. I doubt that private schools are held to such requirements.

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Educate me on what you mean by a "bid policy."