[where's_the_Outrage?]

So what is really happening is that private school demand has skyrocketed with vouchers while the deep state and unions keep public schools at the same bloated level. The public schools' budget needs to be cut back funding the vouchers, there is no bait and switch.

[desertsolitaire]

How much did Arizona spend on Illegal immigrants last year alone? Would NOT spending any of that amount this year plug the education “shortfall” ?

[House Atreides]

So how much was saved in the PUBLIC SCHOOL costs by lowered attendance? I’m betting NOT A PENNY.

[FlipWilson]

Pretty much. It is the fault of conservative, red states that public schools are being rejected and people are sending their children to private schools. Damn that choice thing!!! Its a threat to “our democracy.”

[mewzilla]

Outside audits to check the books and look for ghost students need to be done at every district.

With zero notice.

[mewzilla]

From autumn 2023...

Shrinking Schools, Soaring Salaries While districts worry about teacher shortages, students are leaving.

[Da Coyote]

Sorry, Nation. All governments suck to some extent, but YOUR type of government has max such, max depravity, max idiocy, and max repulsiveness. And a gubmit school is right there at the bottom of the septic tank. Shove your silly, outmoded ideas up your collective and smelly Obamaholes.

[Dr. Sivana]

We home schook our son here in Arizona. He is not terribly academic, but he does have an ear for music. We uses ESA money to get him an electric piano and lessons. That is NOT a luxury, and costs a lot less than AZ paying a union teacher to babysit him.

[Dr. Sivana]

When was the last time the Nation was concerned about a budget shortfall?

[Pox]

The author of this drivel gets to the point in the last sentence of the excerpt.

Public schools budgets will suffer due to the voucher program.

IMO, this is a good thing!

[G Larry]

"...the gaping hole in state budgets left by subsidizing private school tuition ..."

LIE!!!

That money BELONGS TO THE TAXPAYER!!! NOT the gov't!!!

When the parent sends their kids to private school, they don't receive a voucher for 100% of the per student cost in public school.
Rather they receive only a portion (which varies between districts but never exceeds 85%).

That means the district still has that 15% + to cover infrastructure and related costs, not imposed by the "butt in the seat".

They've made laws to make it impossible to get rid of Non-Value Added Administrators!

[alloysteel]

So, are public schools going to become more competent in their teaching methods, and do the job more economically?

Public schools in many venues are neither operating at their fullest potential for imparting learning skills, nor are they doing so at a competitive cost, compared to homeschooling or private ventures.

But they are great indoctrination centers for non-American and anti-Christian ideologies.

[bwest]

“For GOP lawmakers who view public education as a quasi-socialist project...”

Nothing “quasi” about it.

[Myrddin]

Eastern Idaho has lots of private schools filling previous large retail floor space e.g. Sears. The schools are doing very well. The teacher's union is running anti-voucher ads on KID that are just plain cheesy and stupid. The private/charter schools are producing a better product and the public teacher unions are running scared. The money is better spent on the private/charter schools. The public school need to fix their budget problems by shedding unnecessary staff as enrollments shrink.

[MileHi]

for families whose children were never enrolled in the public schools........

But were paying the school taxes anyway along with private school tuition.