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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It would be WONDERFUL if a voucher program were to come to the DMV.

Who wouldn’t welcome more choice?[/quote]

Where would all the slots come from? Most private schools (even parochial ones) are full or nearly full. They would be overwhelmed with demand. [/quote]

They would adapt and expand, of course.[/quote]

No they wouldn't. Half of the sell is that they are smaller with smaller class sizes and more individualized attention and admin that knows every kid. Expanding would go against that, and turn off the parents who chose a smaller school for a reason. [/quote] More schools can open up, then.

Also, schools get much more than the voucher amount per student, so if a student takes the voucher and leaves, that means more money per student for the remaining public school students, even if all the voucher funds comes from the school's budget.

E.g. the public school starts with 10 students which give the school 20k per year for an average of 20k per enrolled student per year, 5 students take the 10k per year voucher and leave, now the school makes 200k from the 20 students minus 50k from the vouchers leaving $150k. Over 5 enrolled students, that's a new average of $30k per enrolled student.[/quote]

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