Many students with vouchers are still ineligible or unable to attend many private schools, because of long waiting lists and restrictive admission standards based on academic performance, religion, sex, disability, or other factors. Vouchers do not pay the cost of private schools. Vouchers will not pay for the cost of the more expensive and elite private schools. Further, the cost of private education is much more than tuition. Parents must also pay for uniforms, books, and other activities.
Vouchers leave many children behind.
While some children transfer to private schools under a voucher system, the majority of children remain in public schools with fewer resources. Vouchers are not a cure for the problems of our public schools. Rather, they exacerbate those problems. Vouchers provide less accountability for public resources than public schools. Unlike public schools, private schools are not accountable to publicly elected school boards and taxpayers.