Rather than allocate tax dollars to school districts, school vouchers.
allocate tax dollars to individuals for the express purpose of.
purchasing education. The general principles of a voucher system are.
as follows: (1) The government issues vouchers with a specified.
monetary value directly to individuals or families which may be used.
to pay for education. (2) The family or individual selects the school.
and uses the voucher as payment for the educational services. (3) The.
school exchanges all vouchers it collects in order to receive funds.
from the government.
Vouchers enable families at all income levels to become consumers of.
education. Regardless of where a family lives, it may use vouchers to.
buy education in any school, public or private. Access to a good.
public school is no longer determined by one's ability to purchase a.
home. Low income families gain the necessary purchasing power to.
attend the private or public school of their choice.
Who Supports School Vouchers?.
Minority families are among the strongest supporters of school.
vouchers. According to a Harris Poll commissioned by Business Week,.
69% of the general public and 85% of minorities supported school.
vouchers. Perhaps the strong minority support stems from the fact that.
most voucher systems in operation today direct benefits to low income.
families which are disproportionately minority. .
Newt Gingrich and Congressional Republicans see vouchers as a way to.
improve the educational opportunities of lower-income families. In a.
vote that showed some degree of bipartisan support (241 out of 418.
representatives or 60%), the House recently passed legislation to.
establish a voucher plan in Washington, D.C. This plan allows children.
to attend any school in the Greater Washington, D.C. area and also.
provides them with a $300 transportation voucher.
Many economists, including Milton Friedman and Clune, Coons, and.
Sugarman, have argued for school vouchers and proposed various.
