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

[JoePhilly]

56. The voucher is basically a tax refund.

You pay taxes, and then you get a voucher if you send your child to a non-public school. A person sending their child to a public school gets no such refund, no voucher.

And your last paragraphs appear to agree with my point about admittance priority. Let's say I'm the parent of a Jewish kid in an area with only Catholic private schools. My child is at the bottom of the admittance list, and even if they do get accepted, I have to pay more, which makes it even more likely that I won't be able to use the voucher because of the total cost.

All of this means that parents of religious kids get a tax benefit above that of the non-religious. The entire program creates a subsidy for religious schools, while taking the tax money out of public schools.