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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (45804)	10/13/2000 10:45:55 AM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Vouchers would never work except for a very small percentage of students. The problem isn't vouchers themselves but the side effects of undermining the financing of public education. On the contrary public schools (at least in urban areas of California) are not working for a great percentage. My wife's school is one of them. The problem is government monopoly of schools and the teachers unions, a deadly combination of bureaucracies. Higher education is competitive and successful, why not K-12? The side effects of vouchers will be cost cutting for public schools and new efficiencies or new sources of funding. There is no inherent fairness in funding through property taxes so I see no great loss in seeking alternative means. Fair will be what people agree upon. A shift of 5% from public to private will result in costs of $2 billion to the State. A shift of 15% from public to private will result in savings of $700 million to the State. A shift of 25% from public to private will result in savingsof $3.4 Billion to the State. At present there are 6 million K-12 students in California, and an additional 650,000 K-12 students (or 10%) in private schools.