Does the lottery apply strictly to public education if so why not private education as well?

Question

The lottery states that 27% of the earning go towards to public education. I haven't heard about private education. Private edcuation is still education regardless and some proceeds, I believe, should be distributed to private schools as well.

Answer 1

Because private schools are run by a private person or organization (often a religious group) and public schools are government funded.

There are many reasons why public money should and should not fund private education. For example if many private schools are religiously oriented (Catholic schools etc.) then you run into a separation of church and state issue, whereas public education is paid for by your tax dollars (and lotto money and other government sources) and reflects no religious preference (or it is not supposed to at least).

On the other hand educating children is educating children and if the money their guardians pay in taxes was linked to that child (so where ever Johnny goes to school that school gets his education funding) is a solution many countries uses and it has been shown that this system raises overall school quality. This is because it forces schools to compete for students and therefore become better, aka free market in schooling.

So there are arguments on either side but as for right now any school that is not public receive no public money.

Answer 2

Private education is just that...private. The public has a say in public education, therefore it receives public money. The public doesn't have a say in private education, therefore they don't get public money. Private schools rely upon tuition fees and donations. I'm sure some private schools are eligible for grant money. Being private, one has more leeway to teach from their religious or philosophical viewpoint without the general publics agreement.. because it isn't their money!

Answer 3

You are speaking about lottery money in California, right?

California Lottery:
Where Does The Money Go?

One of the most common questions I hear is: How much money does the California Lottery raise and how is it allocated?

Here is the information from the California Lottery Commission:

Last year, the Lottery collected over $3.5 billion, which generated $1.28 billion for California public schools. This amounts to only 1.5% of all education spending in the State of California.

Of each dollar you spend on the Lottery, 53.9 cents goes back out in prizes to the winners. 34.6 cents goes to education, 7 cents goes to the retailer who sold the ticket, and 4.5 cents goes to the administration of the Lottery.

More specific to the 35 th Senate District, you will see below our local K-12 schools and their corresponding allocations for year-end totals:

Cypress Elementary $664,585.04
Fountain Valley Elementary $993,430.84
Huntington Beach Elementary $1,056,453.71
Huntington Beach Union High $2,973,652.59
Irvine Unified $4,105,843.89
Los Alamitos Unified $1,449,464.80
Newport-Mesa Unified $3,686,325.39
Ocean View Elementary $1,551,415.05

In the end, the Lottery was never intended to fully fund California’s schools. It has met its commitment to voters by being an additional, but not major, source of funds.

The Lottery has all of this information on its website, which you can access by going to:
http://www.calottery.com/default.htm

Answer 4

Public schools are for everyone. Private schools are for the select that can afford them. Public schools must take whoever is in it's school zone and keep them. Private schools can expell (or kick out) students much easier than private school. So I guess the word would be "selective" - Private schools are selective in their students. The public schools need the money much more.

Answer 5

What make a public school, "public", is that if receives govt. funding, and can not discriminate in it's attendance.

If a private school receives govt funding, it is no longer a private school.

Private schools receives it's income from donors, and parents of students. This allows it to control all aspects, including admissions and curriculum.