Pa. Seeks to Revise 'Cyberschool' Law (Santorum's Plight)

[Judi Lynn]

Pa. Seeks to Revise 'Cyberschool' Law


By MARTHA RAFFAELE
Associated Press Writer

December 31, 2004, 5:22 AM EST

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- State lawmakers want to revise Pennsylvania's "cyberschool" law following a dispute over taxpayer money spent on the children of U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum.

Legislators need to clarify which students may enroll in Internet-based schools at taxpayer expense, said Rep. James Roebuck, the ranking Democrat on the House Education Committee.

"Taxpayers have enough of a responsibility for trying to educate kids who are bona fide, legitimate residents," he said. "They shouldn't have to be paying for kids who aren't residents of that district."

The state's 2002 cyberschool law requires school districts to pay for any resident students enrolled in an Internet-based school. But it does not explicitly say that applies to children from families who maintain a Pennsylvania residence while living outside the state.
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http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-santorum-schools,0,520261.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[FDRrocks]

1. As a resident of PA, if internet education were more standardized....

then I would oppose this law. I want as many people as possible to get the best education they can, and in my opinion this all starts at the library, rather than the schoolhouse.

Oh, yea, and Santorum can go suck some projectile diarrhea.

[salin]

2. hehe Rick Santorum gave a gift that keeps giving

I doubt there are many people playing the game the Santorum family played. This move is a smart political move - easy law to pass (yea - save tax payers money!) - and a way to prolong the story of Santorum's a) lack of PA residency (an issue he once rode to Washington)... and b) his willingness to cheat tax payers.