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The math is lousy ...the 4 grand has to be in addition to the 8 grand, not instead of.

In my opinion, voucher use will always be minimal. Everything boils down to family economics. And most can't afford to pay the difference between whatever the voucher is and the cost for private school.

If the use is minimal, the cost to administer the program will be prohibitive and be in excess of the amount distributed per student.

plus my school district gets most of it's teacher salary & teacher retirement money from my property taxes. There has been no studies nor is there any indication that my taxes will go down, if students leave the school district via vouchers.

The teachers layed-off because of reduced public school enrollment, could/would be hired by the private schools because of increased enrollment there...more teachers = more money needed to send a kid to private school.

plus, where does the voucher money come from in the first place ? additional taxes ? oh....

this is just another gubment boondoggle
why conservatives like this plan is beyond me

might as well home school.....

This has always been a sore spot for me; why should vouchers be for even $1 less than the amount given to the public school per pupil. And since it is in fact less, at least for now, why are the governments who sign the checks not clamoring for vouchers? Remember, the public schools get paid on a per pupil-day basis, so every $4,000 voucher student is one less $8,000 public school student.

There is one argument that hasn't been repeated loudly enough, nor often enough.

Vouchers create a new vector for government involvement in private and parochial schools that have succeeded, primarily due to the lack of government involvement.