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Indiana School Vouchers Confusing Some Parents And Administrators

Although officials in Indiana have approved a new voucher system that will help parents to afford the growing cost of private school tuition, there are a few schools will not participate in the program until next year. Parents have shown a particular interest in Crown Point Christian School, inundating the staff with more than a dozen phone calls over the last few days. The new voucher program, which will give parents approximately $5,350 for private school tuition, will be starting within the next month. Interested parents can submit an application and find a participating school that they want their children to attend.

The Crown Point Christian School says that it won't allow students on the voucher system to attend this year. Aside from financial concerns, the school's administrators also want to ensure that all of their students attend for religious as well as educational reasons. Some private schools are not affiliated with any religious group, but those that are tend to have more strenuous enrollment criteria.

Parents in Indiana that want to subsidize private school costs will need to sign up early for the voucher program so that they are able to get the maximum benefit. Educators have long disputed whether private and charter schools actually provide superior education, but in Indiana, parents and guardians have the option of exposing their children to different types of classroom settings. All parents that apply for the voucher program may not be able to qualify. If their income exceeds a certain level, they will have to pay their childrens' private school tuition on their own.

10.07.2011. 12:33