school voucher

[ skool vou-cher ]

noun

1. a government voucher or cash grant given to a parent or guardian to be used toward paying the fees for their child to attend a private or parochial school of choice, instead of an assigned free public school: She opposes school vouchers, saying they shuffle kids into private, for-profit charter schools at taxpayers’ expense.

   Proponents of school vouchers claim they give the city's poor improved access to quality education.

   She opposes school vouchers, saying they shuffle kids into private, for-profit charter schools at taxpayers’ expense.

Word History and Origins

Origin of school voucher¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

In the case of school vouchers their views are both repetitive and wrong.

From Washington Blade

The easiest way to recognize this reality is to look at the incredible number of school voucher bills being pushed across state legislatures just this year.

From Washington Post

Reformers suggested charter schools and even private school vouchers might solve entrenched problems.

From Voice of San Diego

House Bill 2068 and Senate Bill 61 are allegedly designed to expand school vouchers in the state via a tax credit program.

From Washington Post