FACT SHEET: School Vouchers
October 11th, 2024
School vouchers are taxpayer-funded accounts that give state funding directly to parents to pay for private and religious school tuition, homeschooling expenses, educational supplies, transportation, tutoring, and other items that are approved by the scholarship organization.
SOURCES:
- Dewitt, Ethan. State Supreme Court issues a stay over sweeping ConVal school funding decision. New Hampshire Bulletin, March 13, 2024.
- Fontana, Jason, and Jennifer L. Jennings. (2024). The Effect of Taxpayer-Funded Education Savings Accounts on Private School Tuition: Evidence from Iowa. (EdWorkingPaper: 24-949).
- New Hampshire Single-Family House Prices Grew Faster than Median Household Income and Average Wages Across the State. New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute, May 23, 2024.
- Research on school vouchers suggests concerns ahead for education savings accounts. Brookings Institution, August 15, 2023.
- Sievers, Caitlin. It costs Arizona $332M to pay for vouchers subsidizing private school tuition, homeschooling. Arizona Mirror, June 6, 2024.
- Weddle, Eric. Indiana private school vouchers hit record with 70,000 students, nearly half-billion dollar cost. WFYI Indianapolis, May 24, 2024.
- Abdulkadiro?lu, Atila, Parag A. Pathak, and Christopher R. Walters. 2018. "Free to Choose: Can School Choice Reduce Student Achievement?" American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 10 (1): 175–206.
- Lubienskui, Christoper and Yusuf Canbolat. 2022. “Evolving evidence on school voucher effects.” Policy Brief from Indiana University Bloomington’s School of Education.
- Carlson, D., Cowen, J. M., & Fleming, D. J. (2013). Life After Vouchers: What Happens to Students Who Leave Private Schools for the Traditional Public Sector? Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 35(2), 179-199.
- Chingos, M. M., & Kisida, B. (2023). School Vouchers and College Enrollment: Experimental Evidence From Washington, DC. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 45(3), 422-436.