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Homeschooling in Nevada: The Budgetary Impact

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Homeschooling in Nevada: The Budgetary ImpactPage 1Homeschooling in Nevada: The Budgetary Impactby John T. Wenders Ph.D.* and Andrea D. Clements Ph.D.*Executive SummaryNEVADAPOLICYRESEARCHINSTITUTEDriven by parentsbeliefs that homeschool learning environments can besuperior to those of public or privateschools as well as a desire by parents tospend more time together as a familyNevada homeschooling has undergoneremarkable growth during the past decade.Homeschool children in the state now makeup about 1 percent of all schoolage children.Public school advocates have argued thathomeschooling costs the school systemmoney through lost perpupil taxpayer funding whenever a child is homeschooled ratherthan public schooled. In fact home schoolstudents benefit school districts in the longrun by relieving them of the far greater totalcosts of educating them. In Nevada thesecost savings are well in excess of the loststate aid.By not being educated in public schoolshomeschool children either save taxpayersmoney or make additional tax money available for other uses including bolstering theeducational opportunities for children whoremain in public schools. Similar savingsresult from private school students. The present analysis measures the extent of this saving by estimating the additional costs thatNevadas public schools would incur ifhome and private school students wereplaced in public schools.Based on 2003 data the analysis showsan annual potential cost savings to Nevadataxpayers ranging from $24.3 million to$34.6 million attributable to homeschool students and another $101.9 to $147 millionattributable to private school students for acombined total of $126.2 million to $181.7million. This total amounts to an annualpotential cost savings ranging from $327 to$471 per Nevada public school student.Local educators should look at homeand private school students as assets not asliabilities. Because of them Nevada publicschoolsexpenses decrease by a greateramount than their revenue ...

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