editThis is for the state of texas , not sure on other placesnormal school system People who own land have their money taken from them forever . Money goes to public schools near by , even if you do not have kids who use the schoolCharter school system People who own land have their money taken from them forever . Money goes to the charter school , but only if you have kids going there , if not the money goes to other public schools . Charter schools make money by having more kids attend crony capitalismSchool vouchers People who own land have their money taken from them forever . Government gives you a voucher that lets you pick a privatepubliccharter school that your kid will go to . If it is private school , normally the voucher covers just a small cost of the school . In all cases government still has nearly full control of incoming money and who gets it . In one case it is 100 % government run , the other it is government funded , and thus lots of reason to lie to the government to get more money as a charter school , and in the final case , you get some your tax money back , IF you have a kid .