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Title: Public Money, Private Choice: The Components and Critiques of Education Savings Accounts. Beta by Bellwether
Language: English
Authors: Juliet Squire, Kelly Robson Foster, Lynne Graziano, Andy Jacob, Bellwether
Source: Bellwether. 2025.
Availability: Bellwether. 650 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 600, Washington, D.C. 20001. Tel: 877-636-0909; Web site: https://bellwether.org/
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 109
Publication Date: 2025
Sponsoring Agency: Walton Family Foundation
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Descriptors: School Choice, Educational Vouchers, Educational Finance, Private Schools, Public Schools, Educational Policy, State Policy, Program Design, Accountability, Barriers, Program Effectiveness, Charter Schools, Enrollment Trends, Eligibility, State Programs, State Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Geographic Terms: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming
Abstract: Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) offer parents a publicly funded, government-authorized savings account they can draw on for certain K-12 educational expenses. As these programs have expanded in recent years, they have become a flashpoint in education policy debates. For some, ESAs are an extension of existing private school choice programs' potential to help families seek alternatives to the public school system. For others, they undermine the public education system by siphoning funding from community institutions. But these arguments often oversimplify or misrepresent key details about how ESAs work--which students are eligible, how much funding they receive, what kinds of expenses the programs can pay for--and the evidence of their impact to date. This report aims to establish a common fact base about ESA programs that can inform all sides of the policy debate. It describes how ESAs have emerged in state policy, how they are designed, the common critiques of ESAs, and what other government programs that provide payments directly to families reveal about the design of ESAs.
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