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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]An expanded voucher program is not going to expand choice.

[b]People in private schools already (all income levels) will get a coupon to use to reduce the amount they pay out of pocket. [/b]A few low quality schools will open.

The real danger is that they will move money from current public school funding to this, not increasing the investment overall. It's going to be a zero sum game.

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Which means those good private schools will have more resources to extend to more students (assuming they're not at capacity). If St Albans, for example, gets $100k in coupons, couldn't they give scholarships to 20 [b]more[/b] low-income kids?[/quote]

No. St. Albans tuition is about $40K per year. If vouchers don't have income limits, then the coupon would cover 10K and parents pay the other 30K. Cost of providing the school will still be 40K so no extra money for scholarships or whatever.

For each student who uses a $10K coupon at St. Albans the amount the DC government receives from the federal government for education would decrease by 10K.

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Hello!?  St. Albans is Episcopal.  If you want to go Episcopal, Quaker or Presbyterian, it's going to be very, very expensive.  Somehow Catholic schools are able to provide high quality education at low cost.  Please do not confuse St. Albans with Catholic because it's not, and nor is the price tag.[/quote]

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