What are school vouchers? How do they impact public schools? And how much do they cost? Here's a breakdown of what you need to know as Utah lawmakers consider a new voucher program in the state.
Judge Memorial Catholic High School sits on 1100 East in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. The private school and others in the state could benefit from a proposed voucher program being debated by Utah lawmakers during the 2023 session.Utah lawmakers are once again considering a school voucher program that would use taxpayer funds to send students to private schools.— comes after a similar attempt failed last year.
. It’s meant as a bargaining chip: Approving the vouchers means educators in public schools would see bigger paychecks. Vouchers can be labeled as tax credits, tax rebates, education savings accounts, backpack funding, or, like in this proposal, scholarships. They’re all the same concept. If fewer kids attend — leaving public schools for private schools — then public schools get less funding. Inversely, private schools that don’t have the same charge to educate all students get more of the share of money.In Pierucci’s bill, each student in the program would be awarded $8,000 in a scholarship — or roughly double the WPU allocated to a kid in public school — to attend a private school, including those run by a religious organization.
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