SUMMARY

This bill creates a school voucher program for students who live in households having an annual household income of $30,000 or less and who attend public schools that have a student-to-teacher ratio greater than 20 to 1. If a student who is eligible for a school voucher chooses to leave a public overcrowded school to attend a public, private or religious school that has a student-to-teacher ratio less than 20 to 1, this bill would require the State to pay $3,000 to that receiving school towards the education of that student. The remainder of the cost to educate that student at the receiving school is paid by the sending school, up to an amount equal to the per-pupil costs at the sending school.