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Key Findings:

1. Many families are satisfied with their public schools, but others have serious and valid complaints.
2. In response, some lawmakers have proposed to allow parents access to a publicly-funded Education Choice Scholarship to pay private school tuition, and serve the state’s mission of educating children.  
3. The Education Choice Scholarship would be in an amount equitable to the funding the state provides for basic education, which in 2019-20 is $11,300 per student. 
4. This sum is $4,300 below the level of public funding to which students are entitled, but enough to expand educational choices available to families. 
5. Traditional public schools would gain $4,300 for each student who chooses an Education Choice Scholarship, because these sums would remain in public school budgets.   
6. Twenty-nine states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico offer parents access to a variety of 66 different private school choice programs. 
7. Education Choice Scholarships and similar programs deliver benefits to students and provide powerful incentives for traditional schools to improve.
8. Polls show strong public support for providing state aid directly to families to help educate children. 

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