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School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead ...


Politicians Want Universal School Vouchers. But What About The ...

Earlier this week, Florida became the fourth state this year to enact a bill that would allow parents to receive taxpayer-funded vouchers to ...

Do school vouchers work? Here's what research really says.

Some choice advocates have produced analyses concluding that private school choice would actually save money because vouchers are typically ...

How does school choice affect public schools' funding and resources?

Yes, public schools get to keep a significant portion of money for a student they no longer have the responsibility of educating. In our opinion, when a ...

School Vouchers - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org

Proponents say school vouchers allow parent choice. Opponents say tax dollars are for secular education, not religious education.

Arizona AG investigating school voucher program for illegal payments

The Arizona Attorney General's Office is investigating the state's school voucher program for alleged illegal payments that were approved without documentation ...

A brief history of Wisconsin's voucher school system - Up North News

The test results between private and public schools differed little, and at times, voucher school pupils performed worse. ... Taxpayers paid $198 ...

The New Wave of Public Funding of Private Schooling, Explained

A 2019 study of Florida's Tax Credit scholarship program found that students attending private schools on vouchers were 12 to 19 percent more ...

Illinois Becomes First State To Roll Back School Voucher Program

Tax credit scholarships create the illusion that taxpayers are not footing the voucher bill. But the Invest In Kids tax credits created a hole ...

'We're under attack': School vouchers at record high - WANE 15

Vouchers, technically called the Choice Scholarship Program, pay private school tuition with taxpayer money. ... Those dollars are supposed ...

How School Voucher Tax Shelters Undermine Public Education - ITEP

This bill allows private schools to give a student a different test (a norm-referenced national test) instead of the state-test taken by her ...

Fact check: 7 things school choice opponents got ... - Illinois Policy

Reality: The program has taken no funds from public schools. Public schools have nearly $2 billion more and fewer students since Invest in Kids ...

What Are School Vouchers? - Georgia Budget and Policy Institute

These vouchers use existing state funds meant for public schools and instead redirect them for use in private education programs. Education ...

How Arizona's school voucher program turned into a tax break for ...

The controversial program currently allows any of the state's 1.2 million K-12 students to pay for private schools using tax dollars allocated for the ...

The voucher funding rip-off - Arkansas Times

School vouchers, which use public funds to help families pay tuition at private schools, were the controversial centerpiece of Arkansas ...

Tenn. governor acknowledges universal school vouchers are dead ...

Gov. Bill Lee said his push to create a statewide school voucher program is dead after Tennessee legislative leaders failed to break through ...

Ohio cheats taxpayers and public schools by funneling money to ...

Nevertheless, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has put forward a budget proposal to expand school voucher subsidies that would send money to private, for- ...

Other state school voucher programs spell trouble for Iowa

But instead of promoting choice, much of the nearly $400 million for expanded Ohio school vouchers went to students who already attend private ...

What Wisconsin parents should know about voucher schools.

Voucher schools are private schools that use taxpayer dollars to subsidize the cost of private education for K4-12 students from lower-income families in the ...

2024 Mississippi legislative session not good for private school ...

Legislation that would have expanded the tax credits offered by the Children's Promise Act from $8 million a year to $24 million to benefit ...

Public Cyber Schools Save Taxpayers Money: Rendell/Zahorchak ...

“In the name of taxpayer protection, Gov. Rendell and Sec. Zahorchak's proposal would likely cost taxpayers more, rather than less,” Benefield ...