I have followed an implementation by Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Legislature. The first wave hit the public schools by unpredictably lowering their funding immediately, thus making committed spending based on budgetary projections a challenge to meet. The Iowa diocesan schools didn’t allow Catholic parents to use the voucher payment to lower their tuition costs, they simply raised tuition instead. The legislature is now in disarray about how to pay for the financial peril created by their shiny new voucher program. It’s the same in several other Red states. www.bleedingheartland.com/2023/07/07/costs-soar-for-iowas-school-voucher-plan/
Oregonians should stay far away from this hobby project by far-right billionaires.
www.vox.com/politics/23689496/school-choice-education-savings-accounts-american-federation-children
time.com/6272666/school-voucher-programs-hurt-students/
Gene Dieken