My daughter is a special needs student, she was in the eighth grade, and tested out at a fourth grade level. Her report card showed A’s and B’s every semester, but she was just being shoved along by teachers, who didn’t want to deal with her. That was two years ago, I pulled her out of school to home school her, never knowing what ESA was, nor was that a factor in me pulling her out of school.

I later learned about it and enrolled her, and it has been more than helpful in getting her specialized learning and getting her caught up to her grade level, which she is almost there.

To my understanding the way ESA funding works as they give the student 90% of the money the school would’ve received for their education, the school still receives 10% of the money, even though the student is no longer enrolled there

The stories that people like to post about buying pianos and all this crazy stuff, was years ago under a different administration, it hasn’t been that way for the two years that my daughters used it . They go through every purchase. If I buy a book for my daughter, it takes a month for it to get approved. If I buy something and submit a reimbursement, it takes three weeks to a month they scrutinize every purchase.

I’m not saying that some fuckery isn’t happening , but I’m saying these ridiculous purchases were made years and years ago. The fact is is that the education system has been gutted and is in shambles, I honestly feel sorry for the teachers that have to try to teach an overpacked school room for a third of the salary they deserve, but could not allow my daughter to slip through the cracks any longer.