S/o Florida vouchers

amother

Wed, Mar 29 2023, 3:10 am

Where in the USA do they have vouchers for frum schools? Please specify if income based. We have been considering different cities to move to and tuition may be a consideration if all other issues are comparable.

Florida just got 8000 a child, not income based.
Cleveland?
Anywhere else?

amother

Ebony

Wed, Mar 29 2023, 4:40 am

Can you also answer how much tuition costs? What's most relevant is how much **I'll** be paying for tuition.

$30,000 with an $8,000 voucher, is a lot worse than $10,000 with no voucher...

amother

Poinsettia

Sun, Apr 09 2023, 8:38 pm

amother Natural wrote:

The tuition is high in Florida. The voucher pays for maybe half then you pay another 10k on top of it.

Yeah but can you stack the new voucher with step up? So get $16K?

amother

Pearl

Sun, Apr 09 2023, 8:43 pm

amother Poinsettia wrote:

Yeah but can you stack the new voucher with step up? So get $16K?

The new voucher is an extension of Step Up - they just expanded the eligibility requirements. Everyone is getting the same 8k. The downside is that the day this bill passed 2 of my kids schools raised their tuition. I'm waiting on the third school to follow suit. So now everyone will still pay the same amount, with the raised difference in cost covered by the parents. Yippee.

I'm editing to add that for one child I'll now be paying $500 more a month because they raised tuition the day this bill passed (to make up the difference between the cost of the tuition after the scholarship is deducted). If someone can explain why this is all so great I'll be very grateful.

Ema of 5

Sun, Apr 09 2023, 8:47 pm

amother Natural wrote:

The tuition is high in Florida. The voucher pays for maybe half then you pay another 10k on top of it.

10k is still less than what a lot of people pay in other places….

amother

Seashell

Sun, Apr 09 2023, 8:49 pm

That’s generally what happens when everyone gets funding. The schools say oh we automatically get 8k or whatever and then say well you were fine paying 10k so instead of you paying 2k, we’ll make tuition 18k and you get 8k off! So you’re only paying 10k! What a bargain!

amother

Seashell

Sun, Apr 09 2023, 8:50 pm

Ema of 5 wrote:

10k is still less than what a lot of people pay in other places….

For a yeshivish out of town school I’d say 10k is about average. High school is more, nursery slightly less.

amother

Raspberry

Sun, Apr 09 2023, 8:50 pm

amother Pearl wrote:

They raised tuition by 8k??

amother

Foxglove

Sun, Apr 09 2023, 9:04 pm

Ohio has income based vouchers. Currently a nice chunk of if you make less than 250% of the federal poverty line, Ohio governor and legislature are thinking about increasing that to 400% of poverty line. Cost of living is less than Florida, including base cost of tuition.

However, people have been moving in to Cleveland so quickly that schools are having trouble keeping up. So it's not all easy. Not sure about Columbus and Cincinnati.

Vibe is also super, super different between Florida and Ohio. You'll probably find that one of them feels way more like home than the other.

Ema of 5

Sun, Apr 09 2023, 9:06 pm

amother Seashell wrote:

For a yeshivish out of town school I’d say 10k is about average. High school is more, nursery slightly less.

I wish my tuition for any of my kids was that little….

amother

Puce

Sun, Apr 09 2023, 9:11 pm

amother Foxglove wrote:

most people in cincinnati live in a failing public school so we get vouchers regardless of income but people who ear under then a certain percentage of the federal poverty line can't be charged the difference....

amother

Violet

Sun, Apr 09 2023, 9:26 pm

Can someone explain to me, in all these places with 10-15k tuitions, does nobody have large families, only rich people do?
How do yeshivish 6-10 kids families survive with 10k+ tuitions?

amother

Sun, Apr 09 2023, 9:27 pm

amother Pearl wrote:

By 5k, which is crazy.

So you are getting 3000 off tuition.
My OOT school raised rates a ton this year with NO voucher or funding. So I would love to get 3000 off tuition.

amother

Marigold

Sun, Apr 09 2023, 9:32 pm

amother Violet wrote:

Can someone explain to me, in all these places with 10-15k tuitions, does nobody have large families, only rich people do?
How do yeshivish 6-10 kids families survive with 10k+ tuitions?

Where I live (OOT, not FL) most people get scholarships. For 10k tuition we used to pay 4-5k when we were struggling financially.

amother

Puce

Sun, Apr 09 2023, 9:33 pm

amother Violet wrote:

Can someone explain to me, in all these places with 10-15k tuitions, does nobody have large families, only rich people do?
How do yeshivish 6-10 kids families survive with 10k+ tuitions?

a lot of places have a large percentage on scholarship.