Comments on: Can a School Decline a Child for Lack of Tuition?

By: Schools are not businesses

Schools are not businesses — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 16:10:30 +0000

I don’t understand this psak. If I give money to a business, I’m an investor, and I usually expect a return. But when I give money to a school, it counts as tzedakah, and the only ‘return’ I expect is the mitzvah of supporting Torah study.

I assume any mossad teaching Torah registers as a non-profit for tax and other purposes. Do these school ‘businesses’ not do the same?

The claim of being a business just seems self-serving; it doesn’t seem to fit any other reality of how schools actually operate.

By: Toronto psak

Toronto psak — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 11:51:57 +0000

In Toronto there was a Beis Din regarding this Shayla, it was was paskend that the schools are a business, and a business is entitled to deny entry, the same way it does not have to accept every customer.

By: A teacher

A teacher — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 02:16:38 +0000

In reply to What are the parents supposed to do??. "The schools", "They" are not a few ATM's but are actually a small group of humans that work hard to sustain the mosad. So although there's credence to your point, it's still important to remember that.

By: What are the parents supposed to do??

What are the parents supposed to do?? — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 01:36:13 +0000

BH we have large families, that’s what the Rebbe wanted us to do, and our husbands went to yeshiva and didn’t become brain surgeon’s (BH!!) So how are we supposed to be able to cover all the tuition?? The schools are promoting what the Rebbe wants (large families and no collage) but then when those kids grow up and can’t pay, they won’t let the kids in?!