It can be done if the federal money is spent in the form of vouchers.
"We would have to issue thousands of vouchers each month," he said.
The concept of vouchers, if not the word, has been around for decades.
But suppose the tax dollars now going to public school systems went directly to students in the form of vouchers.
You will receive a new set of dated vouchers every three months.
For information on the treatment of vouchers and other special offers, see paragraph 7.2.
There's no limit to the amount of vouchers you can save.
"But much more happened today at this lunch than a discussion of vouchers," he continued.
A bill that could reduce the number of vouchers awarded is now moving through Congress.
But he said that tax dollars should not be made available in the form of vouchers to encourage parents to remove children from public schools.