Tuition Tax Credits for Private Education: An Economic Analysis

1985 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 456
Author(s):  
Henry M. Levin ◽  
Donald E. Frey
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Private Education ◽  
Tax Credits ◽  
Tuition Tax Credits

Liberalism, Group Rights and the Boundaries of Toleration: The Case of Minority Religious Schools in Ontario

2003 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 975-1003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda A. White
Keyword(s):  
Private Education ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
The State ◽  
Tax Credits ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Religious Schools ◽  
Liberal Citizenship ◽  
Cultural Schools ◽  
The Right

Drawing on the proliferating literature on multiculturalism, this article provides a theoretical and critical argument in support of public funding for minority cultural schools, as well as a critique of the Ontario Conservative government's proposal in 2001 to extend tax credits to parents who enroll their children in private schools in Ontario. It argues that governments in Canada committed to the idea of multiculturalism have an obligation to promote the maintenance and flourishing of minority cultures through education and financial support. The article first outlines and refutes neutralist liberal arguments against public funding for minority religious and culturally education, and demonstrates what is meant by a right to culture and the attendant duties such rights impose on the state. It then raises and responds to concerns about such cultural pluralist policies and suggests ways to balance group demands for public funding with other values the state wishes to support. It argues that the Ontario government's proposal to provide tax credits for private education without regulation does not respond to concerns about balancing the right to culture and teaching liberal citizenship values, and offers alternative policy recommendations in the conclusion.

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