Vouchers

2. Senate Bill 2 (SB2) is Texas' first-ever universal _____ program.
3. Despite much-needed funding from House Bill 2 (HB 2), Texas schools still face a budget _______.
7. Florida, where the cost of the state’s voucher program rose from $1 billion to nearly $4______ in just two years after the state expanded eligibility to all students regardless of income.
8. Texas public schools are ______ to educate every child who shows up at their doors, regardless of income, disability, IQ, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, income, academic ability, or athletic ability.
10. the program caps the amount available for families earning more than $_______ a year at $200 million.
12. Homeschooled students will be eligible to receive approximately how much money?

1. Students with special education needs will get up to how much money?
3. School vouchers, often referred to as “school _______” programs, use public funds to help families pay for their children’s private education.
4. Texas parents will be able to use vouchers for the first time beginning in what school year?
5. It is a $1 _____ dollar taxpayer-funded program.
6. The idea of vouchers has a long and varied history in the U.S. tracing back to 1955 when economist Milton ______ proposed funding education through competition rather than government-run schools.
9. Vouchers ______ the per-pupil funding received by districts that see students leave their public school districts to attend private schools or opt for home schooling.
11. Public schools will receive _____ money for every child who leaves for a private one.