Louisiana's new voucher program gives $$ to religious "schools" without facilities or teachers

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52. I'm not seeing where the supposed tax break comes in, but maybe I'm missing something

I've said before and I'll say again, I would be thrilled if vouchers were outlawed tomorrow. However, until they are, I'm not going to criticize parents for doing what they believe is in the best interest of their child or children. I feel terrible for parents that are stuck in the situation you describe, i.e., only religious schools that they aren't comfortable with and under-performing public schools. But I still won't criticize parents that are able to utilize vouchers when they choose to do so.

As for your last paragraph, I can't speak to how it works in other areas, but in the K-8 school our daughters attended, priority for admittance was 1) children, including siblings, already attending the school, regardless of religion, 2) parish members priority during the month of February 3) all others, regardless of religion.

The tuition structure was tiered, with in-parish at the lowest rate (all military members received in-parish rates), Catholic at the next lowest rate and non-Catholic at the highest rate. Tuition assistance was needs-based, regardless of religion, and approximately 35% of the students in the school received some level of financial aid, from as little as $50/month up to and including free tuition (average of $500/month when all tiers were taken into account).