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Private-school vouchers affect government budgets through two channels: additional direct voucher expenditures, and public school cost savings from lower enrollments. [28] Voucher programs would be paid for by the government's education budget, which would be subtracted from the public school's budget.
Simmons-Harris in 2002, the Supreme Court of the United States declared that school vouchers could be used to pay for education in sectarian schools without violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. As a result, states are free to enact voucher programs that provide funding for any school of the parent's choosing. [11]
Parents and students at the rally urged Republican lawmakers to keep their promise to fully fund private school vouchers for the 55,000 students on the Opportunity Scholarship waiting list.
North Carolina could see a 60% increase this year in the number of students receiving a private school voucher now that income limits for families have been removed. Travis Long/tlong@newsobserver.com
The debate about 'school choice' How much ESA programs cost has varied from state to state -- in Arizona, the ESA program has been estimated by the state governor's office to cost the state ...
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.
North Carolina is about to see record expansion in the number of students who get taxpayer funded vouchers to attend private schools. For the first time in the state’s history, any family can ...
Opponents worry paying for private school tuition leaves less money for programs and teachers for the kids left behind in public school. They say vouchers exacerbate segregation in schools, and ...