08/03/2008
So, the question came up: Does Illinois have a school voucher system? The idea of sending your kids to whatever school you want is cool, most of the time, except that it overcrowds the good schools and depletes the bad ones. School Vouchers allow money–usually for people near or below the poverty line–to send kids to private schools. I think that’s a bad idea, since it takes money out of the tax pool away from the public school system. Citizen Joe on School Choice
Anyway, Illinois doesn’t have a voucher system, instead they have a tax-credit law, that appears to have failed miserably, since it’s only $500 per child and only applies when you send your kids to private school, which costs considerably more than $500. What’s the point then? I guess they tried to help, but as usual, got it wrong in the details. How the Illinois School Tax Credit Works
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