“Currently, that option is available only to children in New Orleans and students with special needs in eligible parishes.”
That’s the part that I don’t like; we have a group here in NJ pushing for vouchers, but only in urban districts; in other words, suburban and rural taxpayers (who already pay for the urban public schools) will now be asked to pay for their private schools as well, and the costs (of both their own public school districts, as well as the urban schools) will force them to put THEIR children into their own crappy public school districts.
Both the Dems and the teachers’ unions know vouchers for all would spell the doom of them both.
You’re right. Plus supply and demand and ‘free’ voucher money will make private schools more expensive, particularly for those paying the full price. Just look at what has happened to college tuition.
-—That’s the part that I don’t like; we have a group here in NJ pushing for vouchers, but only in urban districts; in other words, suburban and rural taxpayers (who already pay for the urban public schools) will now be asked to pay for their private schools as well,-—
Money is NOT the problem in urban areas. Typical per-pupil expenditures are $20k/student, comparable to the wealthiest suburbs. The money goes to teacher salaries and a large administration.
Typically, urban govt schools have 100x the number of administrators per pupil as Catholic schools.