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    School vouchers allow parents to use public funds to send their children to private schools. They are intended to give low-income families more school choices. Supporters argue vouchers increase competition and improve public schools, while opponents argue they violate separation of church and state and reduce public school funding. The Supreme Court has ruled voucher programs can include religious schools if choices are diverse. Debate continues around their impact on student achievement and appropriate use of taxpayer dollars.

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    School vouchers allow parents to use public funds to send their children to private schools. They are intended to give low-income families more school choices. Supporters argue vouchers increase competition and improve public schools, while opponents argue they violate separation of church and state and reduce public school funding. The Supreme Court has ruled voucher programs can include religious schools if choices are diverse. Debate continues around their impact on student achievement and appropriate use of taxpayer dollars.

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    School Vouchers

    tax dollars allocations to non-public schools

    School Vouchers: what are they?

    Federal funds that enable public school students to


    attend schools (private )of their choice
    Usually target to low-income families where schools
    have been chronically low performing
    Types of School Vouchers
    SCHOOL VOUCHERS ***allow parents to receive scholarships to send their children
    to eligible private schools
    EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS- create personal accounts that store a childs
    state education dollars
    SCHOLARSHIP TAX CREDITS-Corporations and individuals make private donations to
    nonprofit organizations that provide tax credit scholarships to eligible children
    PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS-public schools that receive government funding but
    are free to offer innovative curriculum, special incentives for teachers, and
    targeted education to children

    The Debate

    The Debate
    Proponents

    Allow low income


    parents a choice other
    than inferior schools
    Make the Public school
    competitive & RISE to
    improve
    Eliminate double
    payment debate

    Opponent

    Violates the separation


    of church and state
    Cause cutting of funding
    Private schools still have
    the ability to pick who
    maybe admitted

    The Debate

    Brief History
    Town Tuitioning Programs

    Vermont(1869) & Maine(1873)

    1954- Brown v. Board of Education in 1950s and 1960s to oppose decisions, many
    southern legislatures passed voucher programs
    1955-Milton Friedman economist, private school vs. public schools will create
    competition that will lead to increased student achievement and decreased education
    costs
    1971- Lemon v. Kurtzman - tax dollars could be used in private schools as long it met
    Lemon TEST= 1. its purpose is secular; 2. its main effect is to neither advance nor
    inhibit religion; and 3. it does not excessively entangle the state with religion
    1990s- voucher experiment began in the city of Milwaukee for low-income familiessecular schools & only 1.5% of students
    1996- the state of Wisconsin expanded the voucher program to 15% & allowed private
    schools ---was contested, but upheld by WI. Supreme Court
    2002- Zelman v. Simmons-Harris

    Supremes gave green-light-Zelman v.


    Simmons-Harris

    5-4 decision in 2002 upholding


    constitutionality of Cleveland voucher
    program.
    OKed participation by religious schools.
    Religious element is a big part of private
    schooling. The decision seems to have
    resolved the separation contention that
    voucher opponents had long kept alive.

    Zelman v. Simmons-Harris opens


    floodgates of expansion
    2004- D.C. & Utah start own voucher program
    *** D.C.*** 1st federally funded program
    Texas does NOT have one , but 2015 school
    vouchers programs were presented in state
    legislation, but little consensus was reached from
    the Senate and House

    What school leaders SHOULD


    KNOW?

    21 school voucher programs, comprised of 18 states plus the


    District of Columbia and Douglas County, Colorado &
    GROWING!!!!
    $1.2 billion was spent on school voucher programs
    nationwide
    Special Needs Scholarship- are being created & adopted for
    S.E. students to make private schools more inclusive

    What school leaders SHOULD


    KNOW?

    ***Students attending private schools under


    the voucher program did no better in reading
    or math than their peers in public schools***
    Louisiana did worst!!! (44% vs. 67%)***
    Studies maybe skewed research on both sides
    of the debate.

    Vouchers : Today

    References
    Benning, T. (2015, 20 April).Texas Senate oks school vouchers, but bill faces tough House vote. The Dallas Morning News.
    Retrieved from http://www.dallasnews.com
    Center for Education Reform. (2016). Explore choice programs. School Choice Programs
    Across the Nation. Retrieved from https://www.edreform.com
    Essex, N. L. (2016). School law and the public schools (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
    Gryphon, M. (2003, 4 February).True private choice a practical guide to school choice
    after Zelman v. Simmons-Harris. Policy Analysis, 466, 1-15. Retrieved from
    http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/pa466.pdf
    Hammons, C. (2002). The effect of town tuitioning in Vermont and Maine. Vermonters for Better Education. Retrieved from
    http://www.schoolreport.com/tuitioning.htm
    Lohman, J. (2003).Wisconsin Supreme Court school voucher decision. OLR Research Report.
    Retrieved fromhttps://www.cga.ct.gov/PS98/rpt%5Colr%5Chtm/98-R-0821.htm
    Molnar, A. (1999). Educational vouchers: a review of the research . The Center for Education
    Research, Analysis, and Innovation. Retrieved from http://nepc.colorado.edu/files/educationalvouchers.html#historical
    School Superintendents Association. ( 2015). The Problems with private school vouchers.
    Learning First Alliance. Retrieved from http://www.learningfirst.org/problems-private- school-vouchers

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