school voucher

American  

[skool vou-cher] / ˈskul ˈvaʊ tʃər /

noun

1. a government voucher or cash grant given to a parent or guardian to be used toward paying the fees for their child to attend a private or parochial school of choice, instead of an assigned free public school: She opposes school vouchers, saying they shuffle kids into private, for-profit charter schools at taxpayers’ expense.

   Proponents of school vouchers claim they give the city's poor improved access to quality education.

   She opposes school vouchers, saying they shuffle kids into private, for-profit charter schools at taxpayers’ expense.

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Etymology

Origin of school voucher

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Legislators also worked out how to expand Tennessee’s low-income school voucher program, choosing to add Hamilton County, which includes Chattanooga.

From Seattle Times

After a brief, public standoff late Thursday, Maryland Democrats reached a budget deal Friday that cuts 10 percent from a controversial school voucher program that gives low-income students scholarships to attend private schools.

From Washington Post

She says the "culture wars" rocking school boards and legislatures are a way to build support for laws to expand private school voucher programs that use education funds to pay students' tuition at private, online or even religious schools.

From Salon

Arkansas’ prohibition was adopted as part of a 145-page education overhaul signed this month by Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders that also included a new school voucher program and an increase in teacher minimum pay.

From Seattle Times

On Thursday, the Legislature sent DeSantis a bill that expands the state’s school voucher program to anyone.

From Seattle Times