Breaking Down "Public Rules on Private Schools: Measuring the Regul...

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PUBLIC RULES
ON PRIVATE
SCHOOLS
Measuring the Regulatory Impact of State
Statutes and School Choice Programs
breaking down

The U.S. has seen a surge in school choice
programs over the past few years.
Number of Private School Choice Programs
60
5...

As that growth continues, we thought it
important to take a step back to see how
school choice programs have affected
priv...

How did
we do it?
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DREW
CATT
our researcher
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examined 23 voucher, tax-credit scholarship,
and education savings account programs
from across the country.
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UT...

First, he categorized private school
regulations by type.
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• Certification, Licensure
• Curriculum, Instruction
...

-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
All private schools are required or not allowed, and there is a similar level of burden across all sch...

25
20
15
10
5
0
NumberofPrivate
SchoolRequirements
Pre-Choice
Then he determined how extensive those
regulations were befo...

…and how those regulations changed after
school choice programs were enacted.
25
20
15
10
5
0
NumberofPrivate
SchoolRequir...

He then totaled the
scores to show 5 things:
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1. the impact
of a state’s
private school
regulations
before any
school choice
program
existed
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Certification, L...

2. the
immediate
regulatory
impact that
comes with
the creation
of initial
regulations
for a school
choice
program
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3. changes in
private school
regulations as
policymakers
revisit school
choice
programs
after their
first year of
operatio...

4. the total
regulatory
impact the
school choice
program
has had
on private
schools
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Certification, Licensure
Cu...

5. and the total
regulatory
impact of all
state statutes,
before and
during school
choice
programs,
on private
schools.
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Looking at a national snapshot of school
choice program regulations overall,
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UT
AZ
LA
IA
WI
IN
GA
OH
PA
RI
FL
OK

one might assume the growth of regulations
burdens private schools, but…
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160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Certific...

that’s not necessarily
the case for all types of
school choice programs.
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State Program Type
Program
Score
Empowerment Scholarship Accounts
Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program
Milwaukee Parenta...

So what did we
learn in that respect?
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Voucher program scores, on average, are
more than three times as negative the scores
of tax-credit scholarship programs. N...

Of course, a state’s “Pre-Choice” environment
may also play a role in how private school
regulations are shaped—the regula...

Education savings accounts (ESAs), a new
model operating only in Arizona, are the only
type of school choice analyzed that...

Regulations affecting the following had the
MOST negative average impact scores:
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Paperwork
Reporting
Student El...

What’s the takeaway?
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Many regulations already affect private
schools before participating in school
choice programs:
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62%
38%
PRE-CHO...

School choice may contribute to more
regulations on private schools if they
choose to participate in programs, but
those r...

Drew makes
the following
recommendations
for policymakers:
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1. Avoid reinventing the wheel
(and examine existing empirical
research on private school
choice programs).
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2. Avoid statutory
redundancies and overlap.
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3. Consider the oversight roles
of accreditation agencies and
private school associations.
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4. Consider costs to private
schools in fiscal impact
calculations.
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5. Ensure all schools,
regardless of type or sector,
are reimbursed for substantial
costs associated with
regulations.
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To read the full report and see a
breakdown for each school choice
program analyzed, visit
edchoice.org/PublicRulesOnPriva...

*each individual regulation from every
program and its respective impact score
can be found in our database, available by
...

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