[DoodleDawg]

This includes giving parents a choice of sending their kids to private schools with partial tax subsidy.

So the state is running a deficit and you want to make it worse by subsidizing private school tuition?

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

So the state is running a deficit and you want to make it worse by subsidizing private school tuition?

Average gov't school per-pupil expenditures are about $10k nationwide. Under a typical voucher program, parents are given vouchers worth half of that, or $5k/child.

Vouchers save the taxpayers money, but cost the teacher unions jobs.

[Sam Clements]

So the state is running a deficit and you want to make it worse by subsidizing private school tuition?

The amount of the subsidy would be less than the government entities are currently spending on the public system. This would create a net savings to taxpayers, make some taxpayer/parents happier, and put pressure on public schools and teacher unions to improve in a more competitive environment. Everyone wins.