Tie tax break to charter expansion

Today's Daily News editorial says New York state needs to adopt specified reforms by next month, including approval of 200 more charter schools, in order to get $700 million in federal aid. Since the proliferation of charters has been bad news for Catholic parochial schools, any such approval should be combined with passage of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's proposal for a tuition tax deduction of up to $1,000 -- which would barely put a dent in that $700 million.