Williams was also concerned about the raising of income caps for the voucher program, as this gradually shifted funding toward families who were
already sending their children to private schools.
This change to 529 savings accounts immediately benefit wealthy families who
already send their children to private schools, but now they will be able to offset their tuition that they already intended to pay for, but now can receive a tax credit for it.
Not exact matches
Unless you haven't noticed, parents who choose
to send their
children to private schools are
already paying taxes for state
school places for their
children, taxes they don't get back for places they don't use.
If that's the case, why spend money
to advertise the Opportunity Scholarship program
to families who
already have the means
to send their
children to private schools?
Yes, sacrificing the have - nots by taking more educational dollars from
already struggling public
school Districts and
sending them
to upper class / upper middle class families who want
to send their
children to private schools.
Critics of the voucher system say the program will siphon desperately needed funds out of the public
school system
to offer what would effectively be a tax break
to families who can
already afford
to send their
children to private schools.
And parents are
already free
to send their
children to any
private school they want, regardless of what they teach or who they admit.