EDWATCHDAILY OPPOSES VOUCHERS, BUT THIS IS A GOOD FIRST STEP ON THE ROAD TO GETTING GOVERNMENT OUT OF EDUCATION: “We Have a Plan to Deliver Equal Opportunity to Every Student in California.”
Our solution is known as an Education Savings Account (ESA), and it is quite simple.
The ESA reforms how schools are funded by cutting the government and politicians out of the middle and puts the tax money that’s guaranteed to education into a savings account available for any student who opts into the program. Each year approximately $13,000 will be deposited into the student’s account and may be spent on any accredited school. Students will no longer be trapped by arbitrary geographic or socioeconomic boundaries. Every student will have the freedom to pursue a world-class education, whether it be through the conventional government school, private or religious school, or even through accredited home school programs. We want parents to be empowered, not politicians and corrupt union bosses.