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Section 5: Public/Private (Continued)

Range of Students Accepted
Question 1: Do you think nonpublic schools that receive public funding should or should not be required to accept students from a wider range of backgrounds and academic ability levels than is now generally the case? (Asked in: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000.)
[Code: 46-ChoPR-1]

Replacing System
Question 2: Some people suggest that the public schools be replaced by a system of private and church-related schools with parents selecting from among these nonpublic schools, using vouchers paid for by the government. Do you favor or oppose replacing the existing system of public schools with a system of nonpublic schools? (Asked in: 1996.)
[Code: 48-ChoPR-2]

Question 3: Why do you favor a system of nonpublic schools? [Asked of those responding “Favor” to the question “Do you favor or oppose replacing the existing system of public schools with a system of nonpublic schools?”] (Asked in: 1996.)
[Code: 49-ChoPR-3]

Question 4: Why do you oppose a system of nonpublic schools? (Asked in: 1996.)
[Code: 50-ChoPR-4]

Students Most Likely to Move
Question 5: Suppose a large number of students in your local public schools moved to private schools. Just your opinion, who would be most likely to move to the private schools -- the higher-achieving students, the lower-achieving students, or the average-achieving students? (Asked in: 1997.)
[Code: 51-ChoPS-5]

Support for the $3,500 Voucher
Question 6: One city in this country is now offering vouchers worth $3,500, which parents can use to enroll their children in any school -- public, private, or church related. Suppose you were given a voucher worth $3,500 which you could use to enroll your oldest child in any school in your community. Would you use the voucher to enroll the child in another public school, in a private school, in a church-related school, or would you keep the child in the same school? (Asked in: 1996.)
[Code: 52-ChoPS-6]

Tax Credits
Question 7: Proposals are being made in a number of states to provide tax credit that would allow parents who send their children to private or to church-related schools to recover all of the tuition paid. Would you favor or oppose this proposal in your state? (Asked in: 1998, 1999.)
[Code: 53-ChoPT-7]

Tax Support for Parochial Schools
Question 8: It has been proposed that some government tax money be used to help parochial (church-related) schools make ends meet. How do you feel about this? Do you favor or oppose giving some government tax money to help parochial schools? (Asked in: 1970, 1981, 1986.)
[Code: 54-ChoPT-8]

Tax Support for Private Schools
Question 9: How do you feel about private schools? Do you favor or oppose giving some government tax money to help private schools? (Asked in: 1986.)
[Code: 55-ChoPT-9]

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POLL RESULTS

Range of Students Accepted
Question 1: Do you think nonpublic schools that receive public funding should or should not be required to accept students from a wider range of backgrounds and academic ability levels than is now generally the case? (Asked in: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000.)
[Code: 46-ChoPR-1]

Replacing System
Question 2: Some people suggest that the public schools be replaced by a system of private and church-related schools with parents selecting from among these nonpublic schools, using vouchers paid for by the government. Do you favor or oppose replacing the existing system of public schools with a system of nonpublic schools? (Asked in: 1996.)
[Code: 48-ChoPR-2]

Question 3: Why do you favor a system of nonpublic schools? [Asked of those responding “Favor” to the question “Do you favor or oppose replacing the existing system of public schools with a system of nonpublic schools?”] (Asked in: 1996.)
[Code: 49-ChoPR-3]

Question 4: Why do you oppose a system of nonpublic schools? (Asked in: 1996.)
[Code: 50-ChoPR-4]

Students Most Likely to Move
Question 5: Suppose a large number of students in your local public schools moved to private schools. Just your opinion, who would be most likely to move to the private schools -- the higher-achieving students, the lower-achieving students, or the average-achieving students? (Asked in: 1997.)
[Code: 51-ChoPS-5]

Support for the $3,500 Voucher
Question 6: One city in this country is now offering vouchers worth $3,500, which parents can use to enroll their children in any school -- public, private, or church related. Suppose you were given a voucher worth $3,500 which you could use to enroll your oldest child in any school in your community. Would you use the voucher to enroll the child in another public school, in a private school, in a church-related school, or would you keep the child in the same school? (Asked in: 1996.)
[Code: 52-ChoPS-6]

Tax Credits
Question 7: Proposals are being made in a number of states to provide tax credit that would allow parents who send their children to private or to church-related schools to recover all of the tuition paid. Would you favor or oppose this proposal in your state? (Asked in: 1998, 1999.)
[Code: 53-ChoPT-7]

Tax Support for Parochial Schools
Question 8: It has been proposed that some government tax money be used to help parochial (church-related) schools make ends meet. How do you feel about this? Do you favor or oppose giving some government tax money to help parochial schools? (Asked in: 1970, 1981, 1986.)
[Code: 54-ChoPT-8]

Tax Support for Private Schools
Question 9: How do you feel about private schools? Do you favor or oppose giving some government tax money to help private schools? (Asked in: 1986.)
[Code: 55-ChoPT-9]

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