Sentences with phrase «send their children to a private school free»

This program began in 1990 to give parents the choice to send their children to a private school free of charge.

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Charter school advocates and those seeking an education tax credit that would allow people to donate up to a million dollars tax free to send underprivileged children to private schools, among other things, together spent over $ 7.5 million.

It costs thousands of dollars to educate a child, so sending some of them to private schools would free up more space in public schools.

Both the Wisconsin and Milwaukee Parental Choice Programs allow families to send their children to private schools tuition - free through a voucher program.

In 1990, Milwaukee parents were given a choice that no other families in the country had: They could send their children to private schools for free with taxpayer - funded vouchers.

In Finland, the government provides funding for basic education at all levels, and instruction is free of charge.3 In Sweden, schooling is «free,» and parents are able to choose their children's schools; funding even follows the student when they change schools.4 In Portugal, the Ministry of Education finances the public sector in its entirety, and the state subsidizes each student in private schools.5 In Germany, the Netherlands, England, Northern Ireland, and Sweden, «public funding is provided so that families can choose to send their children to schools with a religious character.»

And parents are already free to send their children to any private school they want, regardless of what they teach or who they admit.