Private Voucher and Scholarship Plans. Trends and Issues.

Autor/in	Hadderman, Margaret
Institution	ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, OR.
Titel	Private Voucher and Scholarship Plans. Trends and Issues.
Quelle	(2002), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	ERIC Publications
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Economics of Education; Educational Administration; Educational Vouchers; Elementary Secondary Education; Nontraditional Education; Private Sector; Program Effectiveness; School Business Relationship; School Choice + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsökonomie; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Privater Sektor; Choice of school; Schulwahl
Abstract	This article examines an increasingly popular alternative to government-funded voucher plans: private voucher and scholarship plans. Through the 1998-99 school year, spending on privately funded voucher programs totalled $61 million. Private vouchers began with the Golden Rule Program in Indianapolis in 1991 and was inspired by insurance CEO J. Patrick Rooney. Rooney limited participation in the plan to less affluent families and covered only partial tuition. His ideas caught the attention of other executives and institutions, some of whom started their own voucher system. A few of these programs are reviewed here, along with their effectiveness and some financial considerations. Private voucher plans include the Children's Scholarship Fund, which was funded with $100 million and targets Catholic elementary schools, and New York City's privately funded School Choice Scholarship Program, which has been reported to improve the educational gains of low-income children. Researchers have reported that African-American students may have the most to gain from private scholarship programs. Such successes have built support for tax assistance for education costs, despite failed bills that would have given families tax breaks on various private- or public-school expenses. State legislatures, however, are introducing financial incentives, such as tax subsidies and tax credits. (Contains 27 references.) (RJM)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01