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School Choice terms
Vouchers, education savings accounts, charter schools, homeschooling and the new federal tax-credit scholarships.
Charter school A publicly funded school operated independently under a charter that frees it from some rules in exchange for accountability for results. Education savings account A state-funded account that parents can use for private school tuition, tutoring, homeschooling costs and other approved education expenses. Homeschooling Education of children at home by parents or tutors rather than in a public or private school, legal in every U.S. state. School choice Policies that let families use public education funds or tax benefits to select schools beyond their assigned district school. School voucher A government-funded certificate that lets a family pay for tuition at a private school, including religious schools, instead of the local public school. Tax-credit scholarship A program giving donors a tax credit for contributions to nonprofit organizations that fund private school scholarships.