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There are three types of voucher programs: 1. Traditional voucher programs. States give parents a certain amount of public education funding to put toward private school tuition. Most states set requirements that schools must meet to accept a voucher. The number of approved schools varies. 2. Education savings accounts (ESA).
More than 600,000 students participated in a voucher, scholarship tax credit or education savings account program last school year. School vouchers allow low-income families to send their...
School vouchers give parents the freedom to choose a private school for their children, using all or part of the public funding set aside for their children’s education.
A school voucher program provides funds usually earmarked for public education to individual students or families who want to attend a private or religious school. In some states, private school vouchers can also be used to reimburse the costs of homeschooling.
School voucher programs: These programs allow parents to use public funding allocated for their child’s education toward tuition at a private school of their choice, including religiously...
School vouchers allow lower-income parents to avoid sending a child to a bad school, a school overwhelmed with gang violence, or a school that lacks racial diversity. A study of Louisiana’s voucher program found that the program reduced racial segregation, a feat in a state with 34 school districts under federal desegregation orders.
In 2023 alone, seven states passed new school voucher programs and nine expanded existing plans—highlighting a push that is largely coming from red states.
Before the election, candidate Trump called school choice the new civil rights issue of our time, and his signature education proposal is a $20 billion school voucher plan.
More than twelve states and the District of Columbia have education voucher programs. We describe the various programs and offer you some suggestions how to use them so your child can attend private school.
The Education and Training Voucher (ETV) is an annual federal grant provided to states to fund youth who have aged out of the foster care system and who are enrolled in college, university and vocational training programs.