Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to spend state tax money to help families send their children to private schools. In the past, the state's courts have ruled vouchers unconstitutional, driving the creation of a tax-credit scholarship program instead. As that scholarship program has blossomed to the size of a major school district, with demand on the rise, DeSantis aims to blow up the distinction between it and vouchers. "If the taxpayer is paying," he said, "it's public education." But is it, really? We turn to Rutgers University education professor Bruce Baker, author of the School Finance 101 blog and a leading national expert on education finance, to dissect DeSantis' simple, appealing yet controversial statement.

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