Under this program a handful of children will be selected by private schools that have the luxury of deciding whom they want to admit, while the remaining students are left in schools labeled as failures. Vouchers are like gambling with your child's education. Some children will get vouchers and be able to make up the difference between the voucher and the costly private school tuition. Most students will not. And those left behind will attend public schools with fewer resources, fewer teachers, fewer textbooks and fewer activities.
Vouchers finance discrimination in education.
Public schools must accept and educate all students, including those from diverse backgrounds, learning levels and abilities. Religious and private schools, on the other hand, are allowed to pick and choose which students they admit. Further, religious schools are not required to comply with many federal civil rights laws and can exclude a student based on their religion, gender or learning or physical disabilities. School voucher schemes would force all taxpayers to support religious beliefs and practices with which they may strongly disagree. At the heart of these proposals is the goal of merging church and state and having tax dollars diverted to private and parochial schools.