No. My kids are in public school and vouchers take money from public schools. There's also not good evidence that they work.

Anonymous wrote:No, they've repeatedly shown this just ends up benefitting people who were already paying for private school so it's just a transfer of wealth to those who already had money.

There is zero evidence to support that.

Anonymous wrote:I have friends who lived in a state (not TX) with vouchers that had a strict income cut-off. They said it made their private more economically diverse than it otherwise would have been.

This is a well-established and supported fact. It’s really ironic how people are so opposed to greater diversity in school.

Anonymous wrote:I have friends who lived in a state (not TX) with vouchers that had a strict income cut-off. They said it made their private more economically diverse than it otherwise would have been.

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I have friends who lived in a state (not TX) with vouchers that had a strict income cut-off. They said it made their private more economically diverse than it otherwise would have been.

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Anonymous wrote:No, they've repeatedly shown this just ends up benefitting people who were already paying for private school so it's just a transfer of wealth to those who already had money.

Exactly.

While defunding public schools.

Vouchers would hurt our community.

This is NOT TRUE.

So you don't have any facts to back up your point so you're just going to use repeated ALL CAPS.

There's data on this, people have linked to it. Yelling doesn't change facts.

If you don’t want to access vouchers, you do not have to.

What’s wrong with giving parents a choice?

The hate towards poor people and freedom of choice is really frightening in this thread.

Support students! Pass a voucher law!!

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Anonymous wrote:This only really benefits poor people.

The rich already send their kids to private school; they have no need for vouchers.

This harms poor people. And middle class people too

Most people, even in the DMV, do not send their children to private school.

WRONG. It helps poor people.

Vouchers allow poor people to partially or fully afford private schools they otherwise could never afford.

You know they've studied this right? Yelling that it helps poor people doesn't make it so.

https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/most-students-getting-new-school-choice-funds-arent-ditching-public-schools/2023/10

"The gap is even wider in Florida, where 69 percent of roughly 122,000 new applicants to the state’s newly expanded, universal education savings account programs were already in private schools prior to applying, including some students who were taking advantage of a different, narrower state-supported school choice program. Another 18 percent are children entering the K-12 system for the first time as kindergarteners,"

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Anonymous wrote:This only really benefits poor people.

The rich already send their kids to private school; they have no need for vouchers.

It’s the opposite. The rich families already have seats at private schools and can afford the tuition gap. Private schools can already fill their classes many times over. They aren’t adding a bunch of seats just because of vouchers.

You do NOT know that. You cannot know that. Ergo: you are a liar PP.

Take your rancid democrat lies elsewhere.

Anonymous wrote:No, they've repeatedly shown this just ends up benefitting people who were already paying for private school so it's just a transfer of wealth to those who already had money.

Exactly.

While defunding public schools.

Vouchers would hurt our community.

I would LOVE for a voucher program to be passed in the DMV!

Anonymous wrote:This only really benefits poor people.

The rich already send their kids to private school; they have no need for vouchers.

It’s the opposite. The rich families already have seats at private schools and can afford the tuition gap. Private schools can already fill their classes many times over. They aren’t adding a bunch of seats just because of vouchers.

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Anonymous wrote:This only really benefits poor people.

The rich already send their kids to private school; they have no need for vouchers.

This harms poor people. And middle class people too

Most people, even in the DMV, do not send their children to private school.

WRONG. It helps poor people.

Vouchers allow poor people to partially or fully afford private schools they otherwise could never afford.

I made the choice for private school and fell very lucky to have that opportunity. I want to give families who really want to move out of the public schools an option for private education. Tuition for 2-4 kids across 13 years is too much for many families and a voucher could help them. I am not sure it will as explained above.

I am also a proponent in public schools having to deal with more accountability for their failures. I don’t blame teachers, I do blame school boards, parents, and the community for not pushing for better outcomes. (And for making schools the safety net for far too many children and their entire families.)

I also worry about less accountability in new schools that will pop up to fit this new $ grab.

And so I remain firmly on the fence.