House Republicans decided to slow down when they saw how much their proposal would cost; And this money would be diverted from the state’s public schools, which enroll the vast majority of students-- thus realizing that students can get a voucher not to “escape failing public schools,” but t o pay for the religious school they already attend. In other words, the “voucher program” would be simply a subsidy to the 25,000 students already in private/religious schools and in home school. And it would cost $112 million a year to subsidize students whose parents are currently paying for them.
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