And they consistently mislead voters about the effect of vouchers. If attendance in a public school drops, so does their funding. Period. End of story. Maybe the public school budget will stay the same or even increase but public school funding won’t go anywhere but down.
The math is bullshit. Even if they said, “Schools keep 20% of the original funding,” that’s something like an $8000 loss. Do they save $8000 in transportation, building maintenance, lunches, books, materials, salaries, and extracurriculars because ONE student left?
And they consistently mislead voters about the effect of vouchers. If attendance in a public school drops, so does their funding. Period. End of story. Maybe the public school budget will stay the same or even increase but public school funding won’t go anywhere but down.
The math is bullshit. Even if they said, “Schools keep 20% of the original funding,” that’s something like an $8000 loss. Do they save $8000 in transportation, building maintenance, lunches, books, materials, salaries, and extracurriculars because ONE student left?