Ron Paul on Education

Paul advocates more local control of education and voted against a federal government grant that provides Black and Hispanic colleges $84 million dollars. He is a proponent of school choice (although tax credits over vouchers) that parents can use for private & parochial schools. In 2000, Paul supported a Republican Liberty Caucus (RLC) resolution to abolish the Department of Education and return education control to states, cities and communities.

Private schools

Paul introduced his Family Education Freedom Act in 2001 which would have provided a tax credit of up to $3.000 for parents to send their children to private schools. In 2003 Paul ridiculed vouchers in his bid to generate support for his tax credit proposal.