<p>^^ The idea in many plans is that the ‘voucher’ is equal to the money already spent per pupil in the public school so it simply gives them the ability to choose the destination for their funds. It doesn’t necessarily result in a significant cost increase at all.</p>
<p>There will, of course, be ‘tiers’ of private schools and the intent won’t be to enable them to go to any school they might want but to enable them to have the possibility of a reasonable choice with the side effect of bringing competition and accountability to bear and empowering the families - especially those currently in the low income group which are often facing the biggest issues.</p>
<p>fyi - I had my kids in private school for a while. The COA at the private school was less than that spent per kid in the public school (but of course, I was paying that as well) yet the instruction was superior. I know some people who would have liked to do something similar but just couldn’t quite swing the extra cost. A voucher would have allowed them to have the choice.</p>
<p>Apparently 20,000 kids’ families made the choice to use vouchers in the subject school district.</p>