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The Reality of Switchers: Are Most Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) Given to Students Already in Private Schools? An Analysis of Switchers in the Iowa and New Hampshire ESA Programs. Policy Brief

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Title: The Reality of Switchers: Are Most Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) Given to Students Already in Private Schools? An Analysis of Switchers in the Iowa and New Hampshire ESA Programs. Policy Brief
Language: English
Authors: Martin F. Lueken, EdChoice, Fiscal Research & Education Center (FREC)
Source: EdChoice. 2024.
Availability: EdChoice. 111 Monument Circle Suite 2650, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Tel: 317-681-0745; e-mail: info@edchoice.org; Web site: http://www.edchoice.org
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 11
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Money Management, Banking, Private Schools, School Choice, Public Schools, Scholarships, Participation, Decision Making
Geographic Terms: Iowa, New Hampshire
Abstract: This policy brief discusses "switchers" and "non-switchers" in the context of choice programs with broad eligibility (universal and near-universal choice programs). Switchers are students who would have enrolled in a public school without any financial assistance from a choice program. Non-switchers are students who would have enrolled in a nonpublic school even without any financial assistance from a choice program. Switchers generate fiscal benefits for taxpayers when they leave public schools. These savings can partially or fully offset the cost of the choice program. Non-switchers do not generate any savings and represent a pure cost. To better inform the switcher question, the author obtained participation data on education savings account (ESA) programs in Iowa and New Hampshire to try and estimate the true switcher rate. This brief discusses the analysis and findings.
Abstractor: ERIC
Entry Date: 2024
Accession Number: ED662351
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This policy brief discusses "switchers" and "non-switchers" in the context of choice programs with broad eligibility (universal and near-universal choice programs). Switchers are students who would have enrolled in a public school without any financial assistance from a choice program. Non-switchers are students who would have enrolled in a nonpublic school even without any financial assistance from a choice program. Switchers generate fiscal benefits for taxpayers when they leave public schools. These savings can partially or fully offset the cost of the choice program. Non-switchers do not generate any savings and represent a pure cost. To better inform the switcher question, the author obtained participation data on education savings account (ESA) programs in Iowa and New Hampshire to try and estimate the true switcher rate. This brief discusses the analysis and findings.