Private school tax credits help save Catholic schools, not poor children

The title of Archbishop Joseph Kurtz’s op-ed “Catholic teaching supports the aims of HB 205” should more accurately have stated, “HB 205 supports the aims of Catholic teaching.” Since 1995, the number of Catholic schools in our country has been declining rapidly, mostly due to lower attendance numbers and stretched church budgets. When Mr. Kurtz says, “this legislation will help those in need,” he is correct only if he is referring to the need Catholic schools have to basically survive. It has little to do with helping low-income students and more to do with the church counting on the taxpayers of this country to save religious schools.

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