An economic look at Iowa’s School Vouchers Program:

Looks BAD for public schools. Here’s why:

Let’s say 2 kids in a classroom of 30 take vouchers and leave public for private school.

That class/school just lost ~$15,000 in revenue.

A thread 1/8 Majority of expenses of running a school are fixed: admin costs, utilities, R&M, programs, salaries, etc.

You don’t pay the teachers 7% less because you lost 7% of the students.