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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: Report shows ESA programs can give students the options they need, while increasing per-student funding for those remaining in district schools
Description: Full-text: Cascade Policy Institute has released a new report evaluating the effect of an Education Savings Account program on local public school district budgets.
āEducation Savings Accounts Can Boost Per-Student Spending in Public Schoolsā examines funding for every Oregon school district. The report finds that if 5% of public-school students used an ESA program to transfer to schools outside the government-run school system, per-student spending for the remaining students would increase by an average of 1.7%.
In fact, evidenceĀ indicates itās risingĀ publicĀ school enrollment that puts the greatest strain on public school funding. ResearchĀ indicates that state...