School voucher-type programs are on average bad for kids and bad for taxpayers. Texas...
These exit rates matter not only because they underscore the false promise vouchers give to at-risk students — switching from school to school is a well-understood“dollars follow the kid”
Imagine a parent who spends all of the proposed $8000 of their voucher at a private school nearby. Let’s say that before the last Friday in October — Snapshot Day — she sees the school simply isn’t working for her child and withdraws him. Will that private school keep the money? Or will the “dollars follow the kid” immediately back to the public school?
Do these answers change if instead of the parent deciding to remove her child, the private school has made that choice instead?
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