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2005 Ron Paul Chapter 12
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Congressional Record [.PDF]
Introducing The Hope Plus Scholarship Act
26 January 2005
HON. RON PAUL
OF TEXAS
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
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Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce the Hope Plus Scholarship Act, which expands
the Hope Education Scholarship credit to
cover K–12 education expenses. Under this
bill, parents could use the Hope Scholarship to
pay for private or religious school tuition or to
offset the cost of home schooling. In addition,
under the bill, all Americans could use the
Hope Scholarship to make cash or in-kind donations
to public schools. Thus, the Hope
Scholarship could help working parents send
their child to a private school, while other patents
could take advantage of the Hope credit
to help purchase new computers for their children’s
local public school.
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Reducing taxes so that Americans can devote more of their own resources to education
is the best way to improve America’s schools,
since individuals are more likely than federal
bureaucrats to insist that schools be accountable
for student performance. When the federal
government controls the education dollar,
schools will be held accountable for their compliance
with bureaucratic paperwork requirements
and mandates that have little to do with
actual education. Federal rules and regulations
also divert valuable resources — away
from classroom instruction.
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The only way to reform America’s education system is through restoring control of the education
dollar to the American people so they
can ensure schools provide their children a
quality education. I therefore ask all of my colleagues
to help improve education by returning
education resources to the American people
by cosponsoring the Hope Plus Scholarship
Act.
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