by (in alphabetical order) John Garrett Clawson, Reynaldo de la Garza, Victoria Keller, Sarah Pollock, Laurie Roberts,
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Currently, Arizona, Mississippi, Florida, Oklahoma and Tennessee limit eligibility to students with special needs, students from low-income families, and/or students in low performing school districts. However, but the program outlined in SB 1178 would allow all Texas students meeting the following conditions to participate (SB 1178, 2015):
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Arizona’s ESA program, known as the Empowerment Scholarship Program, did not produce any long-term savings for the state in 2014[1]and may produce budget deficits similar to those seen in other voucher states if lawmakers continue to expand eligibility for the program.[2] Despite awarding voucher amounts worth as little as half of the state subsidy sent to local school districts, some states are experiencing program budget deficits due to an overwhelming substantial number of private school students enrolling in their choice programs. Because Nevada’s ESA program was temporarily halted due to concerns about the program’s constitutionality, no historical budget data currently exists. However, the fiscal note attached to the original legislation suggests the state may need to find an additional $85 million to guarantee true universal access if 75 percent of existing private school parents participate during the first school year.[3]
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O'Dell, Rob, and Yvonne W. Sanchez. "State Money Helping Wealthier Arizona Kids Go to Private Schools." The Arizona Republic. Last modified July 7, 2016. http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/politics/education/2016/02/23/state-money-helping-wealthier-arizona-kids-go-private-schools/80303730/.
“School Choice in America,” EdChoice, last modified Oct. 28, 2016, http://www.edchoice.org/school-choice/school-choice-in-america.
S.B. 1178, Texas 84th Cong. (2015).
S.B. 2695, Mississippi 114th Cong. (2015).
S.B. 302, Nevada 302nd Cong. (2015).
S.B. 431, Tennessee 431st Cong. (2015).
Arizona. Senate. 2013. reg. sess. Phoenix. SB 1363 Fiscal Note. Schimpp, Steve. 2013.
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