For the Arizona 2007-2008 school year, there were
1,064,023 students of which 442,273 (41.57%) were
Hispanic.
These numbers will be updated as they become available.
For the Diocese of Phoenix schools in the current school
year, there are 14,167 students of which 29% of K-8 and
19% of 9-12 are Hispanic totaling 6,779 Hispanic
students.
In summary, there are 442,273 Hispanic students in
Arizona public schools and 6,779 Hispanic students in
Phoenix Catholic schools.
The Arizona Republican state legislature has gutted
public school funding but has made available Arizona tax
credits to fund private schools.
This decrease in public school funding plus the
Republican legislation to divert public school funds to
private schools by use of Arizona tax credits penalizes
public schools where low and moderate income students
attend.
Arizona tax credits have diverted $379 million in tax
revenue to private schools since 1998.
The not so hidden agenda for the Arizona upper class white community has succeeded in
devastating public school funding were minorities are found and
has provided $379 million to private schools to flourish where
non-minorities students attend.
The most brazenly blatant promotion of private schools
in Arizona is the Catholic Diocese of Phoenix.
According to the Alliance for Catholic Education of the
University of Notre Dame, nearly 70% of practicing
Catholics in the USA are Hispanic. If the Notre Dame 70%
for the entire USA is accurate, a safe assumption with Arizona being a border state, Arizona would have substantially more than 70%.
The Catholic Diocese of Phoenix is 81.35% Hispanic, yet the Bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix's use
of tax credits is a slap in the face at Hispanic
Catholics by promoting white Catholic schools
devastating public schools where Hispanics attend.
This is hypocrisy at its worst.
Another example of the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Phoenix turning his back on the Hispanic Catholic community!
