One of the most persistent attacks on school choice is that the scholarships for poor kids to escape failing schools are too expensive and divert resources from public schools. But nearly every school choice program already enacted, spends less per pupil than the public school systems do according to a new EdChoice analysis:

The report concludes:

We estimate that the 48 education choice programs studied here saved state and local taxpayers between $19.4 billion and $45.6 billion since their inception through FY 2022. This range represents $3,300 to $7,800 per student participant. Given that all 48 programs included in the analysis were running for at least five years by the end of FY 2022, the true impact is likely closer to the long-run estimate of $45.6 billion.