Oh great, we're doing school vouchers again

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Republicans are proposing a federal voucher program, where your federal tax dollars could go to pay for someone else’s kid to go to a private religious school. Sure, that might seem like a violation of church and state to you, but when Republicans invoke the magic words, “school choice,” that tiny constitutional problem is just supposed to disappear.

Lots of conservatives love voucher programs. Not just because it means that tax dollars get funneled to Christian schools, but also because voucher programs hurt public schools. They drain critical funding from the public system, a problem that is particularly acute in rural communities where public schools rely heavily on state funding. That’s why even some conservatives don’t back vouchers.

While several states already have voucher programs, this would be the first federal one. And defying all principles of federalism, it would even foist vouchers on states that don’t have them and don’t want them. The voucher program would work similarly to existing state ones, giving parents voucher funds to send their children to private schools or homeschool them.

The GOP proposal would set aside $5 billion annually for four years. However, the way things have played out in states with vouchers, that will likely not be nearly enough. When Arizona launched its voucher program, it estimated spending $65 million in one year. The cost ballooned to $332 million for just one single state for that single year.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/15/2322514/-Oh-great-we-re-doing-school-vouchers-again

[Klarkashton]

1. The private schools simply raise the tuition

In proportion to the govt handout. And why not, right?

[Skittles]

2. religious crap

the ULTIMATE child groomers

[Diamond_Dog]

3. Interesting fact

“Most people who use vouchers already have their children in private schools. In Arkansas, 95% of students with vouchers weren’t coming from public schools. In Arizona, 71% were already homeschooled or at a private school. Thus, vouchers just function as a wealth transfer mechanism rather than their much-ballyhooed assertion that school choice will help poorer students.”

This is just a wealth grift framed as “helping poor students have school choice.” More hidden agenda by the GOP giving handouts to people who don’t need it.