Sen. and Mrs. Santorum denied use of public school for their children

Santorum told kids ineligible for school:

"Santorum has come under criticism from officials in Penn Hills, where he owns a house, who say the school district should not have to foot the $38,000 annual bill to educate his children."
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"'The school district has just informed us that after reviewing our situation, only children who live in a community on a full-time basis are eligible to be educated in a public cyber charter school program,' Santorum said."
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"The cyber school is based in Midland and serves some 3,100 pupils from nearly 400 school districts statewide who attend via computer."

This is a remarkable bit of bureaucratic hubris. The senator may only live in his house in Penn Hills (a fairly upscale suburb of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County) part of the year, but he pays school taxes there for the whole year. And he pays state income tax for the full year and part of those funds go to the school district. I'll admit that $7,600 per year per student seems a bit high for a school running classes over the net, but Santorum doesn't set the tuition rates.