re: "Conservatives" agree to new entitlement program costing hundreds of millions per year

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Getting your own money back is "entitlement spending"

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These assumptions, along with the perstudent calculations above, would result in a long-term net cost estimate of $520 million per year. Public student transfers account for $39 million of the cost estimate, with private school enrollees accounting for the bulk of the cost at $480 million. To the extent that fewer existing private school students use ESAs, the cost would be lower. For example, if only 50% of these families use ESAs, the cost would be $340 million

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An important caveat to each analysis is that ESA expenses would be subject to legislative appropriation. In other words, while the cost to provide ESAs for everyone who wants one could be $520 million, lawmakers may only set aside $200 million for the program. This acts as a potential check on the growth of the program.

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