Schools operating in rich areas will ask more than the basic voucher price, while schools operating in the most difficult circumstances, dealing with socially excluded groups will be restricted to the basic voucher amount. Funds should be targeted to schools that need them, not schools who are already succeeding. Another disadvantage is that education cannot be a market. Supply cannot adjust fast enough to changing demand so some pupils will always end up stuck in dying, under-funded schools because over-subscribed schools cannot expand fast enough.

The major drawback of a voucher system is that by funding non-government schools on the same basis as state schools,...

The success and popularity of non-government schools is arguably due to their greater autonomy and independence.
References

Backingham, J. (n.d). The Case for School Choice and How to Fund it. Retrieved May 5, 2005, from Policy Web site: http://www.cis.org.au/policy/Spring01/PolicySpring01_4.html

Monroe, S. (2005). Education Vouchers. Retrieved May 5, 2005, from IDEA

Web site: http://www.debatabase.org/details.asp?topicID=180 choice for Public Education Reform. (n.d). Retrieved May 5, 2005, from Uh.edu Web site: http://www.uh.edu/~lnielsen/pdf_files/mkted2.pdf