Sentences with phrase «affluent families paying»

Third, the reforms necessary for 529 accounts to offer real advantages to less affluent families paying for private K - 12 education would result in a complex system.

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«Plans to hand free school meals to the under - 8s across the country were mired in chaos last night after senior Tories denounced the proposal to pay for the lunches of affluent children... London Mayor Boris Johnson rejected the plans, saying that better - off families should pay for their children's food.

Most of these families, I suspect, will be relatively affluent and well - educated — either capable of paying the difference between private school tuition and the value of the ESA or able to afford for one parent to stay home with the kids and play teacher.

Affluent families can choose to move to a neighborhood tied to a good school or pay private school tuition.

The Nevada program is explicitly not targeting low - performing schools or low - income families but rather is being made available to all, including affluent families who can already exercise choice by locating in a good school district or paying tuition for a private school.

And, as before, to the extent that price is associated with quality and long - term outcomes, the disparity between affluent and poor families in the price being paid for center - based care is of concern.

In 2014, parents of students at Horace Mann Elementary School in Northwest Washington, D.C., spent over $ 470,000 of their own money to support the school's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income families.6

The state's Private School Tuition Tax Credits program covers the cost of private education, often for children whose parents could afford to pay it themselves — while allowing affluent families to reduce the amount of income tax they pay into the state's general fund.

This strategy enables an affluent family not only to split income, but also pay for expenses with pre-tax dollars.