Corbett undeniably has affiliations with charter schools and the private education sector. It is quite obvious that education is now being looked at as a "business" for republicans since the crash of the economy several years ago. If the economy is slow, these wealthy business men are not making their usual 2 billion+ a year. State/tax money is now the target for investment for these people and they are going to take every penny they can out of the system. I will add that their plan is going quite well. State System Higher education in PA is target #1 and funding will be cut by a total of around 40% leaving state schools no alternative but to raise tuition significantly. When state school tuition is comparative to that of one of these new (republican owned) "prestigious" private schools, students will no longer attend state schools. Students attend PA state higher ed schools mainly for financial reasons, as you can't get a better education for the price. When the PA State system of Higher education is out of business, these private schools will drastically increase tuition, as there will be no local competition (this has already happened in other states). This will leave our young either crippled with student loans to big business banks, or unable to afford further education where only the rich will be educated. Maybe that is why there has been a substantial increase in tax dollars being spent for law enforcement, demonstrating that they understand what they are doing and what the consequences will be. K-12 will be next on the list to take significant reductions as the republican plan to soak up all tax dollars/state funds into their own pockets will continue...