Education Freedom Accounts Are NOT Vouchers

The Democrats continually call the wildly popular Education Freedom Accounts (EFAs), “Vouchers.”

They are not.

What Vouchers Are

• A voucher is a payment from the state directly to a school (usually a private school).
• The money never enters the parents’ control.
• It typically can only be used for tuition.

What Education Freedom Accounts (EFAs) Are

• EFAs are not vouchers because the money goes to the family, not to a school.
• The parent controls the funds.
• The money can be used for a wide range of educational expenses:
  • tutoring
  • curriculum
  • special education services
  • online programs
  • textbooks
  • tuition (public or private)
• Parents direct the education; the state does not pay a school directly.

Vouchers fund systems. EFAs fund students and parent-directed education choices.

EFAs expand individual liberty, because families — not schools — decide how the funds are used.