School vouchers are part of a larger debate about inequities between rich and poor schools.
Since schools are funded primarily by property taxes on homes and businesses, schools in wealthy communities are better funded than those in poor ones. Vouchers would be funded with tax dollars, which would require taking funds away from public schools and essentially transferring them to private schools. There are 56 schools participating in the voucher program, of which 46 are religious, mostly Catholic schools. In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where the program has been operating for 10 years, almost 10,000 low-income students attend 114 private schools, some of which are religious. Florida is testing a model based on school performance.