“Education policy should be considered as a bi-partisan investment in kids,” says Clint Zweifel, of the Florissant area, is doing. Two pieces of legislation, Missouri House Bill 1886 and Senate Bill 993, allow for a scholarship fund to help children, with anomalies such as Asperger’s and autism, go to schools that meet their needs. Many of these children don’t get the services they need in their current schools, and their families are unable to afford schools that can help them.
The scholarships would all be administered by the Department of Economic Development, and financed through scholarship granting organizations to which citizens could donate, claiming a personal tax credit.
Speculators erroneously claim the bill would somehow hurt public schools. Of course this in not the case, nor would it remove public dollars from the tax base. All in all, the public would win on all counts.
Representative Zwiefel looks to me to be making some excellent statements about education--what Missouri needs and how important it is. We hope Rep. Zwiefel will hold fast to his commitment to opening up doors for all students in Missouri.
You may contact Clint Zweifel at: Clint.Zweifel@house.mo.gov
Or call his office at the capitol, 573-751-5365.
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