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> Could private school vouchers Ask Arizona how it is going [1] [1] https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-school-vouchers-budget-meltdown https://www.pro

• Terr_ 2y ago
  "To open our meeting, good news: This year we managed to direct a ton of public tax dollars towards our favorite private entities and churches, and the budget shortfall gives us an excuse to strangle other safety-net programs we already didn't like!" /s As a note for non-US folks, individual states cannot print currency the same way the federal government can, so budget shortfalls on that level are a lot more immediate and impactful.
• diddid 2y ago
  It was an interesting read, but it only says how much they spend on school vouchers. I didn’t see a spend for the standard public schools. They said the average voucher was 7k which is almost for sure lower than what public school is charging per student. Maybe they just need to add an income requirement to it and if you make too much no voucher.
  • Jtsummers 2y ago
    https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024/public-school-spending-per-pupil.html https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024/public-s... ~$10k, so yes the voucher is less than what the public school students are getting (directly from their teachers and indirectly through other school services and faculty).
• slt2021 2y ago
  I read the article and think that Arizona's problems are not inherent to the voucher system per se, just how they administered it. People found a loophole. Need to tie closely the money coming out with the voucher and the corresponding decrease in spend on public school system