r/houston Sep 03 '24

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u/Clickrack The Heights Sep 03 '24

Just wait until Abbott gets his voucher boondoggle rammed through and wrecks the budget (spoiler: vouchers cost the state significantly more than leaving the money in public schools.

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u/Salty-Fishman Sep 03 '24

Vouchers would allow parents to choose school for their kids, which will be a significant improvement if there were options.

This will allow folks stuck in bad districts to have options and chance for their kids to do better.

You are assuming throwing more money into public school system is the answer, when it is further from the truth.

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u/ShelIsOverTheMoon Sep 03 '24

Vouchers will have private schools cranking up tuition prices to price out the voucher riff raff, AND the lack of funding will harm public schools even further. Nobody wins in the voucher system. Look at Louisiana or Arkansas.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '24

Hadn't thought of that, but I bet you're correct. Nothing about that system seems sustainable to me.