Nearly 46 million children attend public schools. America's tax dollars should be invested in public schools where 89 percent of school age children are enrolled. Vouchers raise serious constitutional problems by allowing the federal government to fund religious schools. Such schemes violate the First Amendment guarantee of separation of church and state and would result in an unconstitutional public subsidy of religious organizations. Vouchers do not guarantee that students will be given admission to a particular school.
Private schools choose whom to admit.
They may discriminate on the basis of gender, religion, and physical disability. In short, private and religious schools accept or reject students based on virtually any criteria they set. Federal funds should not go to schools that discriminate against students.