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school voucher
[ skool vou-cher ]
noun
- 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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of school voucher1
First recorded in 1970–75
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