Tuition vouchers empower parents who wish to send their children to private schools and cannot currently afford tuition. Testing teachers will improve education in public schools and private schools that choose to accept vouchers. The proposal guarantees that public school funding will not be reduced to pay for vouchers. 90 percent of Michigan residents send their children to public schools. Subsidizing private school tuition could reduce the amount of state funds available for public education.
Parents are already able to send their children to private schools.
Taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize this decision. Vouchers for schools providing religious education violate the U. S. Constitution s prohibition against the establishment of religion. The testing of teachers in private schools that accept vouchers will allow the state to regulate private schools.