PA Taxpayers spend $100,000 for Santorum's kids in VA Cyber School

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http://www.gatewaynewspapers.com/pennhillsprogress/news/36884/

Penn Hills School District records show bills paid with local taxpayers' money for U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum's children to attend a cyber charter school total more than $100,000.

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This year, the school district has to pay $38,000 for Elizabeth, 13, Richard, 11, Daniel, 9, Sarah, 6, and Peter Santorum, 5, to attend Western Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, which is based in Beaver County.

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The only way for Santorum to not pay for his children's private education is enrolling them in Penn Hills.

Virginia state law only requires local school districts to pay for private school tuition when a student has disabilities and enrolls in a school that can satisfy his or her needs, according to Charles Pyle, Virginia Department of Education spokesman.

Otherwise, children in Virginia must attend their local public schools.

If I was a Penn Hills taxpayer I would be outraged. Note Sen. Sanctimoneous pays only about $2000 in school taxes each year - so he's living on the public dole with his kiddies. Also note his precious little kiddies can't attend a public school with the rest of the peon's kids - or even though he can well afford he's not sending them to a private school. BTW, Penn Hills is a neighborhood in transition. It is not a wealthy district.