Low-income families struggle with vouchers
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•In a State With School Vouchers For All, Low-Income Families Aren’t Choosing to Use Them
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In Arizona , which now offers school vouchers to all students, lower-income families are using the program less than wealthier ones, a ProPublica analysis shows.
The poorer the poorer the ZIP code, the less often vouchers are being used, the more.
The location of private schools and additional costs for things like tuition and meals keep them from using vouchers.
A typical voucher from Arizona ’s ESA program is worth between $7,000 and $8,000 a year.
Private schools in the Phoenix area often charge more than $10,000 annually in tuition and fees.
ProPublica is examining Arizona 's first -in-the-nation “universal” school voucher program.
The programs are disproportionately being used by middle- and upper-income parents.
Advocates for vouchers argue that many inequities already exist and are just as bad in the public school system.
The question remains whether quality private schools, interested in making a profit, will have reason to build new schools.
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