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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (11614)	10/29/1998 2:25:00 PM
From: Les H	Respond to of 67261

The biggest problem with vouchers is that most people sending kids to public schools pay far less in property taxes (which are the primary source for public school funds) than the cost to educate their kids in a public school, let alone a private school. It's hard to justify vouchers of $ 4000 to $ 12,000, or a proportion thereof such as 50%, for parents to send their kids to private school --- the voucher would exceed in most cases the parents' property tax. The voucher would need to be capped at some proportion of their property tax. I'm for the voucher program, but it's unrealistic to think it will pay for the entire cost of a private school tuition or will solve the public school problem by itself. They should require entrance exams for public schools and provide alternative schools for students that require extra help or have alternative vocational goals.