2013 abcs of school choice: comparative views on choice in districts and states (2013)
Post on 06-May-2015
366 Views
Preview:
TRANSCRIPT
Comparative Views on Choice in Districts and States
International Academic Conference on School Choice and Education Reform
January 19, 2013Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Paul DiPernaFriedman Foundation for Educational Choice
paul@edchoice.org
2013 ABCs of School Choice
edchoice.orgThe Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
About the Friedman Foundation• Established in 1996• Headquarters in Indianapolis, IN• 501(c)(3) / Nonpartisan / Nonprofit• What do we do?
Working with local and state partners,
we are committed to research, education, and outreach on the vital issues and implications
related to choice and competition in K-12 education.
edchoice.orgThe Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
1. Definitions2. National Overview3. Program Indicators4. Takeaways5. On the horizon…
Selected Profiles/Trends
edchoice.org
edchoice.orgThe Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
18 voucher programs• 12 states and D.C.• 104,000 students (est.)
14 tax-credit scholarship programs• 11 states• 151,000 students (est.)
1 education savings accounts program
• Arizona• 362 students (2013)
6 individual tax credit/deduction programs
• 6 states• 847,000 taxpayers (est.)
edchoice.orgThe Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
2003States with Vouchers & Tax-Credit Scholarships
edchoice.orgThe Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
2013States with Vouchers & Tax-Credit Scholarships
edchoice.org
edchoice.orgThe Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
Where are the newest programs?(enacted in 2011 or 2012)
• Arizona*• Douglas County, CO* • Indiana (2)• Louisiana (2)*• New Hampshire• North Carolina • Ohio • Oklahoma• Pennsylvania• Virginia• Racine, WI
edchoice.orgThe Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
Student Eligibility (% eligible of all K-12 students in jurisdiction)
TopAZ personal tax-credit scholarships (100%)GA tax-credit scholarships (100%)Cleveland, OH, vouchers (100%)OK tax-credit scholarships (88%)AZ corporate tax-credit scholarships (78%)
Douglas County, CO, vouchers (89%)*
BottomME town tuitioning vouchers (7%)VT town tuitioning vouchers (6%)OH EdChoice vouchers (5%)MS Dyslexia vouchers (4%)OH Autism vouchers (< 1%)
edchoice.orgThe Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
Estimated Participation Rates(% participation of eligible students)
TopMilwaukee, WI, vouchers (42%)OH EdChoice vouchers (20%)OH Autism vouchers (15%)Cleveland, OH, vouchers (12%)FL McKay special needs vouchers (7%)FL tax-credit scholarships (7%)
edchoice.orgThe Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
Estimated Participation Rates(% participation of eligible students)
Bottom (all serving < 2%)AZ corporate tax-credit scholarships AZ ESAs*AZ Lexie's Law tax-credit scholarshipsGA tax-credit scholarships IN tax-credit scholarships*LA special needs vouchers*LA vouchers* MS special needs vouchers*OH Jon Peterson special needs vouchers*OK special needs vouchers*RI tax-credit scholarshipsUT Carson Smith special needs vouchers
edchoice.orgThe Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
Student Funding(considering the average voucher/scholarship value as percentage of state’s total per-student spending)
TopVT town tuitioning vouchers, $13,958 (87%)ME town tuitioning vouchers, $8,798 (71%)Milwaukee, WI, vouchers, $6,442 (56%)Racine, WI, vouchers, $6,442 (56%)LA vouchers, $5,300 (50%)
BottomAZ personal tax-credit scholarships, $1,861 (23%)RI tax-credit scholarships, $2,727 (19%)IA tax-credit scholarships, $1,031 (11%)IN tax-credit scholarships, $880 (9%)PA tax-credit scholarships, $990 (8%)
edchoice.orgThe Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
Rules & Regulations (out of 18 voucher programs)
• 5 limited to low- and middle-income students
• 8 limited to special needs students
• 10 require “prior-year public school”
• 10 require standardized testing (details vary)
• 2 based on public school accountability (OH, LA)
• 2 have statutory budget caps
edchoice.orgThe Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
Rules & Regulations (out of 14 tax-credit scholarship programs)
• 11 limited to low- and middle-income students
• 1 limited to special needs students
• 5 require “prior-year public school”
• 5 require standardized testing (details vary)
• 1 based on public school accountability (PA)
• 12 have statutory budget caps (4 “escalators”)
edchoice.orgThe Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
Takeaways (caution… we’re working with small N’s)
• Vouchers perform better wrt participation rates and average levels of student funding. (~ implementation)
• Tax-credit scholarships have larger relative proportions of eligible children to serve.
• So far, both voucher and tax-credit scholarship programs are designed to serve and/or prioritize disadvantaged populations of students (x stratification concerns).
• Voucher programs more likely to require some form of standardized testing.
• Voucher programs more likely to require priory-year public school enrollment.
• Tax-credit scholarship programs more likely to have hard budget caps specified in law, thus making less responsive to demand, and subsequently supply-side issues.
edchoice.orgThe Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
On the horizon…
• State Supreme Court decisions in IN, CO, AZ, LA• Period of solidifying legislative gains (2013, 2014)• Legislative action toward expansions in IA, IN• Legislative action toward new programs in: TN, MS, TX, ME, NC, AR, AK• Increasingly complex policy design a challenge for
forecasting performance and unintended consequences.
Thank You
Questions, Comments, or Suggestions?
Contact: Paul DiPerna, paul@edchoice.org
The Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
The Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
voucher
participation trends
The Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
The Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
The Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
The Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
The Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
The Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
The Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
The Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
The Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
The Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
The Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
The Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
tax-credit scholarship
participation trends
The Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
The Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
The Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
The Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
The Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
individual tax credit
participation trends
The Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
The Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
The Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
The Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | edchoice.org
top related