Utah Public Education Funding: The Fiscal Impact of School Choice. School Choice Issues in the State

Autor/in	Aud, Susan
Institution	Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation
Titel	Utah Public Education Funding: The Fiscal Impact of School Choice. School Choice Issues in the State
Quelle	(2007), (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Charter Schools; Private Schools; Elementary Secondary Education; School Choice; Educational Change; Taxes; Educational Vouchers; Public Schools; Funding Formulas; Educational Improvement; Educational Quality; Special Needs Students; Income; Educational Finance; School Districts; State Aid; Federal Aid; Utah + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Charter school; Charter-Schule; Private school; Privatschule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Bildungsreform; Abgabe; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Funding; Finanzierung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Einkommen; Bildungsfonds; School district; Schulbezirk
Abstract	This study examines Utah's funding system for public education and provides an analysis of the fiscal impact of allowing parents to use a portion of their child's state education funding to attend a school of their choice, public or private. Like many states, Utah is facing pressure to improve its system of public education funding. The state's rapidly growing number of students and changing demographics have created the need for more teachers and schools. A school choice program would permit Utah to accommodate the growth of its educational needs while generating fiscal savings to both the state and local school districts. The proposed voucher program analyzed in this study results in a fiscal savings to the state, because it would cost less to give students vouchers than to educate them in the public school system. A voucher program would also result in a large revenue windfall to local districts, which would retain much of the revenue associated with voucher students even though the students themselves will have left the public system. (Contains 4 tables and 9 endnotes.) [This study was released jointly by the Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation, Parents for Choice in Education Foundation and the Utah Taxpayers Association.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation. Available from: Foundation for Educational Choice. One American Square Suite 2420, Indianapolis, IN 46282. Tel: 317-681-0745; Fax: 317-681-0945; e-mail: info@edchoice.org; Web site: http://www.edchoice.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10