Home school / Santorum, not the state, should pay Penn Hills

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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06254/720366-192.stm

A righteous Christian who espouses family values would not charge a Pennsylvania school district where he and his children do not live for his youngsters' education. So it was surprising when Rick Santorum, a man who wears his religion on his Senate ID and who wrote a book called, "It Takes a Family," did just that.

When news reports showed Sen. Santorum living in Virginia and renting to relatives a three-bedroom Penn Hills house he owns, he took one step toward atonement. He withdrew his five children from the cyber education program that Penn Hills School District paid for. That saved Penn Hills taxpayers about $38,000 a year.

But a responsible man would reimburse Penn Hills for the $72,000 that the Education Department withheld from the district to pay tuition to the cyber school over two years for five children who did not live in Penn Hills.

Mr. Santorum hasn't done that. In fact, he plans to let the state give Penn Hills $55,000 of the tuition. Education Department officials said the payment will cost less than defending against a lawsuit Penn Hills filed over whether the district retained the right to challenge the senator's residency.

That means all Pennsylvania taxpayers will fork over the tuition money for children who live with their mother and father in Virginia.

And don't forget currently Ricky is running an ad featuring his kids saying that their dad is being criticized for where he lives but he does it cause he wants to be with them. IMHO Casey people need to do an ad highlighting how Ricky is ripping off the PA taxpayers for his kids.