Its focus is on the basic ideas and principles rather than on the details of specific legislative proposals. While public interest in specific proposals is likely to rise or fall according to the situation, the overarching issues are bound to be with us for some time. This study does not advocate that you should oppose or favor educational choice. By using this guide, however, you should be better prepared to understand the reasons why some people think that it is a promise and others a threat. You may still be perplexed or uncertain about some issues, but you should also be better equipped to take part in the public debate about educational choice.
Government funding follows the child.
The policy applies to students in elementary and secondary schools. At present, the most commonly discussed mechanism to implement this policy is a voucher system. In one version of this system families receive a certificate for school tuition that they may use to pay for a child's education in any public or private school that they select and that will enroll the child. Another mechanism sometimes proposed is tax credits. Congregations enjoy unique opportunities to deliberate together on the relationship of their faith and the issues of daily life, and people with diverse callings and perspectives find their unity in a common faith.