Proponents of a voucher system are encouraged by private school sector growth as it is their view that private schools are typically more efficient at achieving results at a much lower per pupil cost when compared to public schools.

Given the limited budget for schools, it is claimed that a voucher system would weaken public schools while at the same time not necessarily providing enough money for people to attend private schools.

Thus, it has been argued that a voucher system would lead students who do not belong to a preferred religious or ethnic group, or those with disabilities, to become concentrated within the public school system.

Another argument against the implementation of a school voucher system is its lack of accountability to the taxpayer.

According to Susanne Wiborg, an expert on comparative education, Sweden's voucher system introduced in 1992 has " augmented social and ethnic segregation, particularly in relation to schools in deprived areas.

In Chile, there is an extensive voucher system in which the State pays private and municipal schools directly based on student attendance.

In Sweden, the 1991-1994 centre-right government under Carl Bildt introduced a voucher system at primary and secondary school level, enabling free choice among public and charter schools ( friskolor ) in the community.

A voucher system for children three to six years-old who attend a non-profit kindergarten was implemented in Hong Kong in 2007.

Also, there are some restrictions on the voucher system.

" He said that the whole point of a voucher system is to provide a competitive market place so should not be limited to non-profit kindergartens.

In November 2000, a voucher system proposed by Tim Draper was placed on the California ballot as Proposition 38.

A state-wide universal school voucher system providing a maximum tuition subsidy of $ 3000 was passed in Utah in 2007, but 62 % of voters repealed it in a statewide referendum before it took effect.

He advocated that the United States change its public education system by implementing a school voucher system which would allow parents to send their children to either public or private schools.

Under voucher programs, private schools may be able to reject students who are expensive to educate due to special needs or students who they feel would disrupt the learning environment, and opponents of voucher programs argue that this would leave such students under a system of de facto segregation.

In Chile, there is an extensive voucher system in which the state pays private and municipal schools directly, based on average attendance ( 90 % of the country students utilize such a system ).

Pareconomists propose replacing conventional money with a personal voucher system which would be non-transferable between consumers, and would be only usable at a store to purchase goods.

According to policy conclusions of the Overseas Development Institute the voucher for coupon system can be an effective way of rationing and targeting subsidy access to maximize production and economic and social gains.

" She came up with the idea of the " voucher system.

Sherman has said he is " opposed to creating a voucher system for Medicare.

NUS was unable to prevent the introduction of differential rates of HECS in 1996, but did lobby successfully to stop the introduction of a voucher system by then Federal Education Minister Dr. David Kemp despite later claiming victory in a similar campaign.

In the United States, public school teacher unions, most notably the National Education Association ( the largest labor union in the USA ), argue against the idea of school vouchers for concern that it would erode educational standards and reduce funding, and that giving money to parents who choose to send their child to a religious or other school is unconstitutional ; however, the latter issue has been struck down by the Supreme Court case Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, which upheld Ohio's voucher plan in a 5-4 ruling.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 76 % of the money handed out for Arizona ’ s voucher program has gone to children already in private schools.

including the Pacific Research Institute, which has released a documentary called Not As Good As You Think: Myth of the Middle Class Schools, a movie depicting positive benefits for middle class schools resulting from Sweden's voucher programs.

This coupled with voucher schools not being required to put their students through the same tests and performing poorly on SAT and ACT testing in the 11th and 12th grades has led the academic community to declare it a complete and total failure.

The school voucher question in the United States has also received a considerable amount of judicial review in the early 2000s.

Whether voucher or project-based, all subsidized units must meet the HQS, thus ensuring that the family has a healthy and safe place to live.

The Court has ruled against the separationist position in several key funding cases since Lee, including the school voucher case, Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, 536 U. S. 639 ( 2002 ).

In recent years AU has continued to oppose religion in public schools, school voucher initiatives in the states, and “ faith-based ” initiatives in the federal government and in the states.

The term voucher is also a synonym for receipt and is often used to refer to receipts used as evidence of, for example, the declaration that a service has been performed or that an expenditure has been made.

There are a small number of sites that use a disreputable method of click to reveal method for dropping cookies on the consumer's computer, which has led to the introduction of guidelines for voucher use in Internet Marketing.

The largest reported size was a male killed in 1890 on Marsh Island, Louisiana and reportedly measured at in length but no voucher specimen was available since the alligator was left on a muddy bank after having been taped due to having been too massive to relocate.

However, in May 2007 a man who had been selling vouchers was arrested in London, and this led many other voucher sellers to shut down their operations.

To not have a voucher might mean simply that one had not applied, but to lose one's voucher meant that one had been tried and found wanting, a social disaster for those dedicated to their position in the ton.

" In 2006, he led the coalition that defeated Governor Jeb Bush's plan to weaken Florida's voter-approved class size amendment and create a school voucher program.

As of 2006, the federal government operates the largest voucher program, for evacuees from the region affected by Hurricane Katrina.

In January 2006, Pariente authored a decision in Jeb Bush v. Ruth Holmes, ruling one of Florida's three school voucher programs unconstitutional.

Of the ten state-run voucher programs in the United States at the beginning of 2011, however, four targeted low-income students, two targeted students in failing schools, and six targeted students with special needs.

On April 27, 2011 Indiana passed a statewide voucher program, the largest in the U. S. It offers up to $ 4, 500 to students with househould incomes under $ 41, 000, and lesser benefits to households with higher incomes.

Some 4. 4 million people received assistance through cash or voucher programmes in 2011.

Funding for private schools is generally provided through student tuition, endowments, scholarship / voucher funds, and donations and grants from religious organizations or private individuals.

There are many internet websites devoted to promoting these deals and vouchers online, as well as Facebook groups offering items such as student discounts and 2-for-1 restaurant voucher deals.