That actually can make things significantly worse. Most school districts are chronically underfunded to begin with and many of the federal dollars are the diffe

That actually can make things significantly worse. Most school districts are chronically underfunded to begin with and many of the federal dollars are the difference between a 30:1 teacher ratio and 60:1 ratio. In many school districts where voucher programs have been implemented, they are facing HARD financial burdens, since they had 10/20/30 year plans based on a certain amount of income from taxes. I am generalizing, but the people who could afford or want to send their kids to non-public schools already have been doing so for years. As more money pours out of public school districts, the more cost cutting has to take place to have a budget that works, which means the quality of education goes down, which accelerates anyone who was on the fence to remove their kids from public schools. The problem with private schools is they are effectively subsidized by all the work from public schools, yet don't contribute in the same way. Think about coursework that is developed with state / local funds, testing standards that are built in these schools and decades of experience administering these programs.