How much choice do parents have over their children’s schooling?
Parental choice measures have passed in almost every state.[26] In six states—Colorado, Florida, Maine, Ohio, Vermont, and Wisconsin—and the District of Columbia, students may use publicly funded scholarships to attend a private school of choice. Six states offer tax credits or deductions for education expenses or contributions to scholarship programs. Forty-one states and the District of Columbia have enacted charter school laws. Fifteen states guarantee public school choice within or between districts. (Other states have choice programs that are optional for districts, target only specific populations, and/or require that parents pay tuition.). Thirty-eight states and the District of Columbia have privately funded scholarship organizations that provide tuition assistance to more than 60,000 students. In all 50 states, home schooling is legal. As many as 2 million students are home-schooled nationwide. Twenty-one states have comprehensive dual-enrollment programs that enable high scho
