tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post7253110886718183702..comments2024-03-24T05:22:27.179-04:00Comments on Orthonomics: Public Service Annoucement for Maryland ReadersOrthonomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07892074485262548496noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-18601284033795870042010-03-17T11:33:07.876-04:002010-03-17T11:33:07.876-04:00Please send the following letter (or something to ...Please send the following letter (or something to this effect) to your State Senator. To locate your State Senator's contact information go to: http://mdelect.net/electedofficials/<br />For example, if you live in the 10th District of MD, please send the below letter to Senator Delores Kelley: delores.kelley@senate.state.md.us or call the Senator's office: (410) 841-3606. Otherwise, replace your local senator's name and district as appropriate.<br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Dear Senator Kelley,<br /><br />As a constituent of the 10th District, I would like to convey my true appreciation for your continuous efforts on behalf of the citizens of our district and the great state of Maryland. <br /><br />An item of high importance for members of our district is how and in what setting we educate our children. Members of our community have chosen nonpublic education as the best way to impart knowledge to their children despite the staggering costs endured. <br /><br />Right now there is a great opportunity to help provide reprieve for nonpublic schools families by supporting Senate Bill 385, the BOAST Tax Credit. This bill seeks to provide tax credits to businesses and corporations who contribute to educational initiatives – both public and nonpublic. <br /><br />Due to the economic difficulties facing our state, the current legislation requests no funding. Rather, it aims to authorize the program and for funding to be included when the governor sees it fiscally fitting. <br /><br />We all know of the emphasis you place on competent education and your value of the very future of our society. We therefore implore you to support this legislation and help make our great state, that much greater.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />__________Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-7394204900539828682010-03-15T18:25:15.485-04:002010-03-15T18:25:15.485-04:00Also, at least in RI, we're talking about corp...Also, at least in RI, we're talking about corporations like Bank of America and individuals who have thousands of dollars available for donations, not random people who would place an ad in the ad journal.<br /><br />http://www.rischolarshipalliance.org/<br /><br />Not just for Jewish students, in RI there are a lot of low income students benefiting from the same tax credit law.miriamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339767447913960853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-12167917557707752522010-03-15T18:20:03.029-04:002010-03-15T18:20:03.029-04:00Tuition in RI at the only Orthodox Day School (Pro...Tuition in RI at the only Orthodox Day School (Providence Hebrew Day School) for the current school year is $11,160 for Kindergarten; $11,995 for Elementary (grades 1 - 5); $12,730 for<br />Middle School (grades 6-8). In addition, there is a $600 registration fee per child, and a $1500 family fundraising requirement. No idea what tuition is for High School (Girls only) as I don't yet have a high schooler.<br /><br />So is that lower? It's not necessarily lower because of the tax credit, though -- what the tax credit does is give the school "scholarship dollars" to distribute that don't have to come through the standard fund-raising channels. Families that qualify (and it's not very hard to reach the RI cutoff for these funds, which is 250% of the poverty level, when you have a whole bunch of kids) are granted scholarships from that fund, freeing up other monies for running the school, giving scholarships to the next tier of families, etc.<br /><br />Providence Hebrew Day and the Jewish Community Day School (a Schechter-style school) are members in a joint SGO -- a Scholarship Granting Organization -- for this purpose. I think PHDS gets more actual money out of the deal, but that's probably because the Providence Orthodox community includes many more "big" families than the non-Orthodox.<br /><br />I'm a fan of the RI program -- tuition assistance or scholarships given to families through this program is actually replaced for the school instead of disappearing into the ether or "coming out of the pockets of the full tuition paying parents."miriamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339767447913960853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-30939055053479843292010-03-13T23:18:53.304-05:002010-03-13T23:18:53.304-05:00Agreed, tax credits increase the demand, so they d...Agreed, tax credits increase the demand, so they drive tuition up. Now, it lets us put more after tax dollars into the Yeshiva system for the same number of pre-tax dollars, which is a good thing, but it will NOT lower tuition.<br /><br />The only thing that will lower tuition is cost cutting (increasing supply) or alternative programs existing (decreasing demand).Miami Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-74223521999789255882010-03-13T22:03:09.209-05:002010-03-13T22:03:09.209-05:00Anon-I also thought the comment that these tax cre...Anon-I also thought the comment that these tax credits will lower the cost of Yeshiva to be inane. Lowering the cost of yeshiva (not tuition) has to be a function of cost cutting. <br /><br />From time to time, I have placed an ad in Yeshiva journals. Because I don't place a personal note, but an ad, I'm able to deduct 100% of the cost, no credit needed. I'm not particularly certain that such tax credits will make a large difference as plenty of people with businesses within each community already do advertising through journals.Orthonomicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892074485262548496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-32005587657596347592010-03-13T19:51:16.408-05:002010-03-13T19:51:16.408-05:00Stern High School in Philadelphia, PA - Tuition fo...Stern High School in Philadelphia, PA - Tuition for 2010-2011 will be $18,500 + junk fees. "Other fees will apply." - doesn't look like its helping much in Pennsylvania.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-43240342611551967582010-03-13T19:48:16.441-05:002010-03-13T19:48:16.441-05:00Are tuitions in the states with BOAST like program...Are tuitions in the states with BOAST like programs such as Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Arizona lower than states such as New Jersey and New York with out it ????? my guess is no. Bergen County Yeshivas and other overpriced yeshivas must cut spending nowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com