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In 2011 the initial school voucher program in Indiana passed while Mitch Daniels was governor. In 2013 the Indiana General Assembly passed HB 1003, which amended the school voucher program by creating tax credits for those already enrolled in private school and expanding voucher eligibility. Mike Pence was governor and supported the changes. [1]
For the 2020–2021 school year, public school enrollment fell by 3 percent. Private and charter schools grew an estimated 7 percent. 18 states either initiated school-choice programs or expanded offerings, making 3.6 million American students eligible for school choice and/or homeschool support programs. Several states expanded eligibility to ...
Looking forward, experts and critics in Indiana question whether the state can afford to subsidize sometimes wealthy private schools to the tune of $1.6 billion (since the program started) without ...
Voucher supporters believe the competition from private schools helps public schools improve their quality of education. Keri Miksza, chair of the Indiana Coalition for Public Education Monroe ...
Advocates for school choice pitch vouchers as a way to give students in low-performing schools a way out – and, increasingly, to give parents control over what their children are taught.
This argument is supported by studies such as "When Schools Compete: The Effects of Vouchers on Florida Public School Achievement" (Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 2003), which concluded that public schools located near private schools that were eligible to accept voucher students made significantly more improvements than did similar ...
Florida officials must rein in school vouchers to ensure costs don't just drain public schools and create a new education bureaucracy.
Overall, 52,674 students in Indiana used a private school voucher in fall 2022. In Indianapolis Roncalli High School received the most vouchers, 655 students.