One option worth contemplating in conjunction with measured tuition regulation is a sliding
tuition scale based on applicant means.
Not exact matches
This requires honest performance -
based assessment of schools and the creation of options - by finding spaces in effective schools, creating new schools, or even, as Rod Paige did on a small
scale in Houston, finding money to pay
tuition in available private schools for a few dozen children whose public schools just wouldn't turn around.
Parents have no clue this is coming and the excuse Pryor has made in testimony to the appropriations and education committees is that they hadn't decided on a firm sliding
scale for the
tuition charge
based on family economics, so they'd rather not say anything.
Half of the seats will be
tuition -
based, priced on a sliding
scale based on the family's income, and the other half will be free through HeadStart.
A maximum of 10 % of enrolled GSRP children may be from families with incomes above 250 % of the federal poverty level who pay
tuition on a sliding
scale,
based on family income.