Editorial Board: “There is much more going on here than just how Utahns pay for their schools.”
| Jan. 29, 2023, 1:00 p.m.
A system of public education that, vouchers or no vouchers, will be responsible for educating the vast majority of our students. Right now there is a large surplus in the state’s income tax fund, which pays for education. That should be an opportunity to build up a system that was so harshly buffeted by the recent pandemic, not further undermine it.
These leaders know there is no significant demand for such a program. Vouchers already available for a few special-needs studentsAlong the Wasatch Front, these vouchers won’t be nearly enough to pay any student’s full private school tuition. The beneficiaries will be well-off families who already send their children to private schools. In the rest of the state, there are virtually no private schools.
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