re: Bill would let state pay parents up to $15,000 to send kids to private school

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I believe it starts out at 250% of the poverty level and over the years that raises to 400% and eventually no income thresholds, if I remember correctly.

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I’m still trying to understand but just to put some hard numbers to this.

Example Family of 5 (3 kids):
250% = $91,450

So the public school family making this amount or less gets $15k x 3 = $45k to send their 3 kids to private school.

And the private school family making say $150k and already making huge sacrifices to send their 3 kids to private school get $5k x 3 = $15k.

So when this bill passes and private schools raise tuition from $7k to $15k you all the sudden have a situation where the public school families can afford private school and the private school families get absolutely fricked.

Am I understanding this right?

Surely I am missing something. There’s no way it should be allowed to play out like this. But I cannot find any information on income thresholds when searching..

ETA: found this info

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he proposal reserves higher annual individual scholarship amounts for special education students ($15,099 per school year) and families below 250% of the federal poverty line ($7,550 a year). Individual students in households above 250% of the federal poverty line receive an estimated scholarship of $5,190 annually.

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So not really as terrible as I thought originally.