School Voucher - Definitions

Definitions

There are important distinctions between different kinds of schools:

  • Public schools operate publicly and are funded by taxes.
  • Private schools operate privately and are funded by private money such as tuition or donations.
  • School vouchers are subsidies given directly to parents for tuition at any school (there is technically no such thing as a "voucher school").
  • Charter schools are publicly funded schools which operate with exemptions from many local regulations, and are free from many of the regulations that apply to public schools.
  • Open enrollment is the process of allowing parents to choose which public school their child attends instead of being assigned one (provided the school has not reached its maximum capacity number for students). This is sometimes confused with vouchers as a promotion for school choice.
  • Education tax credit, tuition tax credit, or tax-credit scholarship: There are two types of education tax credits: personal use, and donation. Personal use tax credits are tax credits given to individual taxpayers for education expenditures made on behalf of their own children. Donation tax credits are tax credits given to individual taxpayers or businesses who donate to nonprofit organizations that give out private school scholarships.

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