School Choice/Vouchers etc.

[SmashMouth]

13 hours ago, tvc184 said:

Is all of your numbers facts or is it speculation?

 Like I asked, is there a cutoff for the vounchers? I gave the example of $50,000. Is it $100,000? 

You say that if a less fortunate family doesn’t take the voucher, the banker is allowed to take it? Is that true so there is no threshold of family income?

 I need to find a page that has the facts but I keep seeing political pages with proponents from both sides which is useless. 

As of last year, no threshold of income. Of course, it may have changed since then...

[bullets13]

Saw this explanation on another site and wanted to post it. Some of it echos @SmashMouth's excellent post yesterday. 

 

 

Cost to send a student to a private school:  $10,000

Voucher given: $10,000

New cost to send a student to Private school: $15,000

All these poor inner-city kids stuck at under-performing public schools STILL won't be able to afford to go to a private school because the price was upped to keep them out.  Those private schools don't want those high-risk kids coming in dragging down their scores.  But all those schools just got a 5K raise per student without changing their demographics one iota.

All these poor rural kids stuck at under-performing schools STILL won't be able to attend a private school not only because they can't afford it....but also because the closest one is 100 miles away.  But those private schools also got a 5K raise per student without taking in any rural students.

But now tax dollars are going to be given to parents that could already afford to send their kids to private school even without the vouchers.

Welfare for the rich.

Rewards for an already wealthy private school lobby.

Things go unchanged at the underperforming schools.....but with less money to do it.

[SmashMouth]

16 hours ago, tvc184 said:

Is all of your numbers facts or is it speculation?

 Like I asked, is there a cutoff for the vounchers? I gave the example of $50,000. Is it $100,000? 

You say that if a less fortunate family doesn’t take the voucher, the banker is allowed to take it? Is that true so there is no threshold of family income?

 I need to find a page that has the facts but I keep seeing political pages with proponents from both sides which is useless. 

Saw this today:

An exact quote from Texas Senate Bill 2, the Texas Education Freedom Act:

Details of Senate Bill 2:  

1. Eligibility

○ Universal Access: Every Texas student may apply and, if accepted, participate in the ESA program—whether they are entering school for the first time, currently enrolled in public school, or currently enrolled in private school or homeschool.

2. Prioritization

○ If applications do not exceed the program’s capacity, all eligible students are accepted.

○ If applications exceed capacity, 80% of available positions will be filled by lottery among students who previously attended public school and are either from low-income households or have a disability. The remaining slots will be filled by lottery among all other eligible applicants.

3. Allocation per Student

○ Base Funding: Each participating student will receive at least $2,000 per year in their ESA.

○ Private School Funding: If a family elects to enroll their child in an accredited private school, that student will receive $10,000 per year—or $11,500 per year if the student has a disability.