I cannot get selectedTab to work

xtml

<rich:tabPanel switchType="client" selectedTab="#{scheduleBean.selectedTab}">
                <rich:tab header="Schedule" name="schedulTab" id="schedulTab">
                 </rich:tab>
                <rich:tab header="Parameters" name="parametersTab" id="parametersTab">
                    <ui:include src="WEB-INF/jsf/parameters.xhtml">
                        <ui:param name="bean" value="#{scheduleBean.parametersBean}" />
                        <ui:param name="canShowHideBurstable" value="true" />
                        <ui:param name="hideBurstable"
                            value="#{scheduleBean.scheduleMetaDataDTO.bursted}" />
                    </ui:include>
                </rich:tab>
            </rich:tabPanel>

backing bean

public void setSelectedTab(String selectedTab) {
        this.selectedTab = selectedTab;
    }

    public String getSelectedTab() {
        return selectedTab;
    }

I put a break point and selectedTab="#{scheduleBean.selectedTab}" is never called

I change the code to

<rich:tabPanel switchType="client" selectedTab="parametersTab"> and the parameters tab is still never the selected tab when the page loads

Suggestions?