How should schools and parents deal with tuition?

[avromie7]

Here is 400% FPL, I have a hard time believing many families just over these limits are paying full tuition for all their children. Anyone with more than 3 children making this income is going to have a very difficult time paying $15k per child.

Family size           2022          2023 income numbers
For individuals      $54,360      $58,320
For a family of 2   $73,240      $78,880
For a family of 3   $92,120      $99,440
For a family of 4   $111,000    $120,000
For a family of 5   $129,880    $140,560
For a family of 6   $148,760    $161,120
For a family of 7   $167,640    $181,680
For a family of 8   $186,520    $202,240

[yos9694]

Yes

Talk is cheap

[Lurker]

Super important note about Step Up: once a family qualifies, they are in the program for good. So if I have one kid and I'm making under the limit, my future kids are all eligible, regardless of my income.

[cgr]

I wrote a short post on the Florida universal school choice bill that passed in March, which provides ~8k per private school student (link in signature below).
After reading through some relevant parts of the bill and speaking to Floridians, as well as to some Ohio (which has some vouchers) and Arizona (which has universal school choice) residents, I must say that it looks much better on paper than in reality, and will benefit schools more than students. We can expect to see an increase in private school tuition next year, and while it probably won't go up to by $8k/student, it will largely cut into this benefit (not to mention that lower income households in FL have already had access to vouchers for the past few years, so this doesn't make much a difference to them, and they'll be hit with the tuition increase as well).

And so the cookie crumbles... hearing that some FL schools raised tuition for all students by 20% (from 15k to 18k), including for those that previously received the 8k vouchers.