This article hits on a major problem with the ESA program: not all families have the money to pay in excess of the ESA award amount for education.
This is a major issue with private school tuition. The majority of private schools charge tuition that is higher than ESA award amounts. As a result, many private schools are only accessible to wealthy ESA families.
Any price controls for the ESA program should apply equally to public schools and private schools/providers in the marketplace.
If the private school tuition exceeds the ESA funding amount, families can opt to use STOs instead. You can’t use both sources of funding (you have to choose), but you can access more funding through an STO than through ESA. Families were using STOs before ESA universal was created.
That’s true, but higher STO scholarships are not equally available to all students and likely skew towards those with connections to STO donors (my understanding is that STO donors provide input into which students receive scholarships from their donations).
This article hits on a major problem with the ESA program: not all families have the money to pay in excess of the ESA award amount for education.
This is a major issue with private school tuition. The majority of private schools charge tuition that is higher than ESA award amounts. As a result, many private schools are only accessible to wealthy ESA families.
Any price controls for the ESA program should apply equally to public schools and private schools/providers in the marketplace.
If the private school tuition exceeds the ESA funding amount, families can opt to use STOs instead. You can’t use both sources of funding (you have to choose), but you can access more funding through an STO than through ESA. Families were using STOs before ESA universal was created.
That’s true, but higher STO scholarships are not equally available to all students and likely skew towards those with connections to STO donors (my understanding is that STO donors provide input into which students receive scholarships from their donations).